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I am so brittle

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I am so brittle I could crack
and fall in pieces at your feet.
Sweep me off into the corner -
all I want to do is sleep.

I am so hollow I could melt
into a smaller puddle than
you might expect to see.
No need to step on me -
I only want to sleep.

Is there a code I have to crack,
is there a solid I should melt?  
Give me the key and raise the heat -
let me sleep!
Inspired by crack, melt, sleep by Hanan :iconpartiallyhere:

The image above the text is Hanan's and is used by her kind permission.

We published Unlike Things Must Meet in early 2011. Our continuing collaboration is A brave unbodied scheme.
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djailledie's avatar
Yes, but what was there before the big bang was like that, small, fragile and tiny, and it ended up filling the whole universe.