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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}
//
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}
//
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