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Heatstroke
One thermometer
bleeds mercury
the other -
battery fluid.
I am bleeding because
there's nothing left to sweat.
Why is the air on fire
every summer.
Suddenly - salvation!
My knight in shining armor
at the very back of the freezer
a little white box
'vanilla ice-cream'
Opening the lid -
praying to all things holy -
'please don't be empty'
huh? pistachio?
well, as long as it's -
cold.
bleeds mercury
the other -
battery fluid.
I am bleeding because
there's nothing left to sweat.
Why is the air on fire
every summer.
Suddenly - salvation!
My knight in shining armor
at the very back of the freezer
a little white box
'vanilla ice-cream'
Opening the lid -
praying to all things holy -
'please don't be empty'
huh? pistachio?
well, as long as it's -
cold.
Published 17th Sep 2021
Author's Note
A ten minute poem, was supposed to be paired with a sketch of a girl first happily eating ice cream and second lying on the floor in pain, holding her stomach, but I don't think i'm ever receiving that so here's the poem anyway
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- Edited 18th Nov 2021 8:45pm
17th Sep 2021 5:52am
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17th May 2022 6:48pm
Heh. Sometimes only ice cream will do. Pray for the lactose intolerant that roam among us :)
Thank you for sharing
-M
Thank you for sharing
-M
27th Jun 2022 11:05pm
I originally meant it as the ice cream being rotten - hence why there's a "pistachio" in a vanilla box
Lactose intolerance does also work though.
Lactose intolerance does also work though.
