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asleep in the arms of doubt,
drowned undertow scared of itself,
pulled apart with conviction.
skin melted-down malleable,
delusional animal stalking prey
in limbless locomotion.
playing with his food
in the kitchen doing us a favor
albeit slowly slowly--
my illness is a light so blinding
that every gutpunch i’m hit with
is perfectly anonymous.
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g_d made me this ugly for a reason,
disfigured my face, malformed my body.
i told the ophanim
not to be afraid of me.
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3. |
no alarm
08:25
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the medicine you administered
made everybody sicker.
you’ve neutralized a threat and
introduced a thousand more.
cover your face,
a need to feel protected.
wave your knife around indiscriminately.
you don’t care who you hurt.
who are you protecting
when you set this example?
have you healed your trauma
or put it on someone else’s shoulders?
who are you harming
when you bury this blade between my ribs?
have you vanquished an enemy
or just made her more resilient?
no alarm. i just wake myself up.
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i hear what they whisper
while i am unconscious,
every single word.
three women live in my body
and something else, too.
i find neither rest nor death,
constantly awake and aware,
eyes forced open to the sheer fucking brightness!
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5. |
(i have) no shame
05:04
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on all fours,
tug my leash,
train me well,
make me speak.
is this your first time
with an animal?
you sure are acting like it
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i know you’re still there...
i just get so scared, looking for the door
and finding only a wall.
when you leave i’ll try to follow you…
please leave a map, or a trail, or a clue.
i don’t want to lose my way.
you’re always around the corner,
i just have to walk a little further.
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[thank you, paul simon]
g_d made me this ugly for a reason.
i don’t speak the language. i hold no currency.
i am a foreign woman. i am surrounded by the sound...
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