unwrapped lacerations
~opening~
rounded down
~opening~
watch me drown
Took a deep breath of water today
Took six steps and turned the page
As my sliced arm waves goodbye
"All the world is but a stage"
and that's strange to me
I can't understand the words you use
and it's so strange to me
That it's all just dulling me down
Shred my arm for the streamers at your party
Append razors edge and drink some Bacardi
On 36 cuts, spit a mouthful of rum
Runs down my fingers to a shot glass and then I drink some
and it pains me so
I can’t feel the deepest part of me
and it just pains me so
You’re holding my hand- but I just want to let go
I just want to let go
I just want to let go
It’s all just dulling me down
sutures unfastened (like a corset in a brothel)
So nice to talk to you
fading and wearisome (like a martyr's soul)
So nice to see you again
discomforting desire
(love the monster under your bed who licks the flesh off your feet at night)
I’d love to come to your picnic!
(Shhhhh- I won’t tell that the potato salad’s poisoned with your tears)
Sorry to fuck up your plans for the evening
I know you had your little heart set to go to the dance
But a corpse is a corpse is a corpse of a dream as reality and it’s fragile seams
Took a deep breath of water today
Let it fill the hole that was eaten in May
Felt the wound inside and turned away
I know it really does not matter more what I say-
my words have just been dulled down...
Submission Name: dulling me down...
