the_village_corvidiotWhisper

18 / F / Pennsylvania, U.S.A

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All American BoysWhat’s that you call it? / Love? / We don’t do that here.

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A long way of saying I want to punch him in the faceThis anger lives in my shoulders / Tight and hot / Wound up too tight and the crank keeps turning

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Don't TreadEagle's child, / All-American boy, / slide that cold steel from your wrist to your elbows

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Fight, flight, or...I see the red heart there / and it is stagnant, but in my mind it's beating, pulsating, / blood dripping down your fingers as you try so desperately to lick them clean

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Guilt is the ThingIf hope is the thing with feathers, guilt is the thing with teeth, / It nibbles and gnaws at the edge of your mind and your gut, / It pulls your knuckles to your cheek and stains it in purple and grey,

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In Defense of DarwinMy dad doesn’t believe in evolution. / I used to agree. / God breathed life into dirt and made a person,

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MaggotsTwo corpses sit side by side punctuating the silence with daggers of speech. / One turns to the other and moans. / The other moans back.

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Matthew 25:35-36, as written by the modern Christian nationalistFor I was hungry, and you told me / get a job, / work like the rest of us,

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Midnight RetinasAs I lay me down to sleep, / I look for all things quick and cheap, / A screen, a scene, needles and pins,

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Ode to the TideAny fool who fights the sea loses. / The walls of water smacking into your chest, stealing your breath as you tumble through the mess of Poseidon's domain, / seaweed gripping your ankles like hands from hell,

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