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Splayed

       Sprawled

    Crawling

Bleeding

Throbbing across walls

Like a heart beating for its host's life

Across ceilings

Dripping down window panes

Like wet paint

Bubbling onto baseboards

And moistening floors

Remorseful spills onto rotten wood

Reflecting light overhead

Playful swirls

    Waves

Pearly twirls

Now steadying

Now becoming still

Drying

Crackling

Flaking

Becoming dust

Blowing into corners

Coating long-hardened drips

Clinging to walls like static

Floating upward

     Dissipating

    Vanishing

Into nothing

    Accents

    Expressions

Words

Nothing Silence

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