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Published: 2015-04-20 18:06:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 321; Favourites: 7; Downloads: 0
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Marble eyes gleam(pique my curiosity)
and she looks good enough to catch with callus fingers
a perfect specimen of loneliness
wings of silken mystery
an exoskeleton of harsh experience
and your silver pin drives itself through the back of her head.
Yet the powder transferred from her wings onto your hands
cracks your skin in an infinite number of places
you bleed self-righteousness from your insecure core
because you are allergic to beauty
because you are a liar.
You find yourself disgusted
because her decay leaves you exposed
so you crush her body
break her legs
and push her into a reeking glass jar
just above the bottom
and just below the locusts.
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Comments: 8
DeiSophia [2015-04-22 16:10:30 +0000 UTC]
I liked how you effected the narrative in this stanza by stanza. It works really well!
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ParalyticProcess In reply to DeiSophia [2015-04-22 17:52:18 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for noticing the little details!
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Livelovemaria [2015-04-20 19:00:43 +0000 UTC]
Wow you are on fire. Catching up with your poems and they are all awesome
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ParalyticProcess In reply to Livelovemaria [2015-04-20 19:18:03 +0000 UTC]
This NaPoWriMo project makes it hard to write really awesome pieces so quickly, so I appreciate the encouragement!
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ParalyticProcess In reply to DragonsChest [2015-04-20 18:28:59 +0000 UTC]
I try to write as powerfully as possible, but this NaPoWriMo is killing me!
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DragonsChest In reply to ParalyticProcess [2015-04-21 17:27:08 +0000 UTC]
How many more days is it?
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