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father is
a startled sparrow,
paranoid personality disorder
depression, bipolar
[father lives on lists,
father strives for consistency
with what has been written
by doctors-nurses-politicians
serpentine and setting standards too high to reach]
a neurochemical molotov cocktail
always dreading
the day he'll explode.
father regrets
every single mistake he makes,
father wants to make sure
daughter is
perfect
so she won't end up like him.
father lectures poetic
on sadness and suicide
rebellion and self-pity
as if they are the scum of the earth
as if he is the scum of the earth.
[and self-esteem was not a gift
he could pass down to daughter]
mother is a maple tree
standing tall and strong
[but forgiving]
mother swallows her pride
and knows that she is not perfect
and neither is daughter,
that good judgment comes from experience
and experience comes from error
[but even the best of parents keep secrets,
silky snakes wrapped around the best of times]
daughter is a rabbit,
just an ordinary rabbit
scared out of her wits
by the future
she is not perfect enough to endure
[silky snakes devour rabbit-flesh
indignant misled sparrows scavenge on what is left,
bereft]
a startled sparrow,
paranoid personality disorder
depression, bipolar
[father lives on lists,
father strives for consistency
with what has been written
by doctors-nurses-politicians
serpentine and setting standards too high to reach]
a neurochemical molotov cocktail
always dreading
the day he'll explode.
father regrets
every single mistake he makes,
father wants to make sure
daughter is
perfect
so she won't end up like him.
father lectures poetic
on sadness and suicide
rebellion and self-pity
as if they are the scum of the earth
as if he is the scum of the earth.
[and self-esteem was not a gift
he could pass down to daughter]
mother is a maple tree
standing tall and strong
[but forgiving]
mother swallows her pride
and knows that she is not perfect
and neither is daughter,
that good judgment comes from experience
and experience comes from error
[but even the best of parents keep secrets,
silky snakes wrapped around the best of times]
daughter is a rabbit,
just an ordinary rabbit
scared out of her wits
by the future
she is not perfect enough to endure
[silky snakes devour rabbit-flesh
indignant misled sparrows scavenge on what is left,
bereft]
Literature
burning bodies
and we yearned for something deeper tangled between bed sheets
but our palms were always split open, spilling malice.
our bodies, always in dire separation
even in scalding proximity.
je dis beaucoup des mensonges.
i tell a lot of lies.
the following:
we curled ourselves alongside icicles to bury the flames.
my waist still feels like a graveyard.
even after all the times you tasted my bone marrow,
you still have the nerve to say i'm not bitter.
our mansion is burning from the inside out
and we force-feed the desire with
prolonged gestures and held-breaths.
our combined scar tissue lies in a heap on the floor of our shrine
and the sk
Literature
Chemistry
She’s an explosion.
He’s the catalyst.
Literature
cadaver
she was born with arctic lips
and overcast skin.
her hair fell like fresh snow
and she was far too thin.
her bones in locked closets,
joints creaked and shrieked
like a rotten floorboard
under gossamer feet.
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edit: I added some more. mostly the bracketed lines. and broke up the stanzas more. tried to make more of a story. even threw in a nature theme.
anything you want to comment on? particularly, the formatting ( I think some of the lines might be too long, but then the stanzas were too long) or the storyline?
anything you want to comment on? particularly, the formatting ( I think some of the lines might be too long, but then the stanzas were too long) or the storyline?
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god I just really love this.