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\u201cAs a child you
\nliked to play
\nspinning tops,
\ndear\u201d,
\nsaid mum.<\/p>\n

Not so long after
\nbeing a child,
\n\u201cI'd rather
\ntrade the spin
\nfor drugs\u201d,
\nshe thought.<\/p>\n

The top that spins
\nis like Coke,
\nnobody sees it
\nthough there it is,
\nspinning.<\/p>\n

The sequence of
\nthe circumference that follows
\nare sleepless days,
\nsleepless nights,
\nlike a clock that
\nspins and spins
\nnon stop.<\/p>\n

Not that anybody sees it,
\nagain,
\nit's still there.
\nNot that a single body
\neither sees
\nthe denial
\nwhen I refuse to
\ntake my meds.
\nOnly I can tell,
\nwell,
\nI'm the owner
\nof this game.<\/p>\n

What can be told then?
\nMy jittery attitude
\nis giving me a
\nbad name.
\nMy bourgundy-colored
\nnails,
\ndry fast,
\nfade fast.
\nThe flat tire
\non the left back
\nof mum's car,
\nkeeps crashing
\nevery time.<\/p>\n

Came home
\nhigh and went
\nby my old room,
\nsaw the old
\nrusty,
\nspinning top.
\nPlaced it in order
\nfor the next time
\nI spin-out.<\/p>\n

Photography by Abel Iba\u00f1ez G.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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