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disconnected thoughts ~ [//in the guise of a poem {xiv}//]

written for brenda's mental illness comp http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/forum/competitions/read/8839/#344019

     years congealed
     on white tiles
     beneath torn nails
     & shredded skin,

             the world wouldn't stop
             smelling of
             freshly struck matches
             & scorched persimmon fruit,

                         tobacco
                         still fresh on my tongue
                         clinging
                         like a stale kiss
                  
      ~ couldn't claw my way
                         back to reality ~

          ... digging
              through my flesh
              just like he did

                       wondering if stains
                       could be washed from blood ...
                              ***
                          with unseeing eyes
                          i watched it all
                          liquesce
                        
          even the clots
         broke down to atoms
         around the drain

            ~ a hypnotic pantomime
                    for catatonic ~
                        
                         little spoilt lumps
                         rinsed from my chin
                        {you wouldn't understand
                         the compulsion}    
                                  //
Written by _shadoe_ (yiyi)
Published | Edited 16th Apr 2023
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