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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
I liked how you effected the narrative in this stanza by stanza. It works really well!
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Thank you for noticing the little details!
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Wow you are on fire. Catching up with your poems and they are all awesome
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This NaPoWriMo project makes it hard to write really awesome pieces so quickly, so I appreciate the encouragement!
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I try to write as powerfully as possible, but this NaPoWriMo is killing me!
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How many more days is it?
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