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Hey!
Hey you!
Shortie!
Yeah, I know your struggle
I'm not here to pick
I just want you to know
that I hate em too
and it's all alright
there are times when we can just **** the world
hole in the ozone
from the ****
but is that right?
****, I'm mad too
and No, I can't pretend to be a better person than any body else
but I am not thoughtless
so Kid,
don't get mad and punch the wall
crack through it with the broken bones in your hand
no,
take up a brush
and paint in spite of it
*** then
maybe, just maybe
some one will listen
His face was dull under the dancing light
almost silhouetted by the blackness around him
totally silhouetted by the blackness inside of him

While everyone but me
talked about their drugs
and I talk about fights I've been in
swapping stories of debauchery
he was sitting there sullen
and I joined him in his silence
for these conversations were not quite my type

Lonely kid
I may be a feminist
but I am also proud of my choice
to be the hearth of my home
I know no one who cooks as well as I do
I take great pride in what I cook

Some day, I shall be a mother
a tree virtuous as the Earth
generous and skilled
this does not mean that I cannot fix a flat
or hell, change a tire
I can shoot a pistol
and win in a fight
I can spit and run and catch and throw
and God knows, I paint and write
but most of all,
I am proud of how I cook
of how I clean
for my home
is my canvas
though it is the middle of july
i kept my promise
the sweat that drips between my *******, heaving from the heat
mingles with the smell of sweet candy being formed
in the bowl beneath my spoon
it is a constant dance,
watching that she heats past jelly
but not to hard cracked
gently stirring one minute
whisking another
and the heat
the sweet fumes
fog my glasses, cool from the ceiling fan
making love to my art
but more intensive
pushing and pulling
so much work for just one position
and
unlike a lover
she is hardened and cold
after i bring her just right
a disappointed sigh of bubbles
never been this bad on any man or woman i have pleased
but i am inadequate
to candy
I wonder if wine feels this way?
Sure, she's a chick who knows how to please
and the only way
she got there  is through practice.
But did she want to be stomped in the first place?
There's a reason that the grapes are not 'caressed'
they were never taken to a bed
at least, not their first time,
and no body leaned in and  whispered
It's okay
You don't have to be frightened,
I've got you
No
the grapes
they get pushed hard against the bathroom wall
and get told not to talk about it ever again.
Then the juice was sipped before mature
and since the cask was opened again and again
far too early
it started to rot
get bitter.
Only man that truly savored her
right on time,
he doesn't care if she's wine, grape, or juice
He just loves her
and she hates that she's intoxicating

I wonder if wine feels like this?
If it ever misses the grape.
Wow, this is the first time I have even mentioned alcohol and not had a panic attack. Especially considering the metaphor, I should be ripping out my hair right now. If I do fall into that, I'll write a couple poems! Panic attack poems are always the best.
I want that smooth, low voice
not this muppet one I have
but oh!
I can still sing!
    Warble and be your song bird
I want to be a *****
one with a sleek, **** body
but still!
There is something cute
  about a plump girl
   writing poems
     more naked than in the eyes of the Lord.

I want to be so much for you
and sometimes, I am only far away
but
but you take those things I am
and you see them as angels' giggles
polish those ugly parts of me
and keep them in a display case between your lungs
right where I keep yours
The sweet, honey colored love
that pours from every cut
every other girl made on you
You let me kiss it better
inhale its sweetness.
In turn, the salt that pours from my own wounds
from black eyes dealt
and flesh cleaved for the pleasure of greedy wolves
it mingles with your flavor
and I hope it sets you onto the same dazzling track that I find myself on.

I use the word 'fireworks'
'firecrackers'
those two words
they have leaked into everything I write
because it is just how I feel
How I used to hate dance music
and now my hips sway to a beat that you showed me
showed me to smile
and I showed you where to cry
right here, right with me

Those sparkling lights over the ground
blasting off in gold and white
burning and glowing
and not stopping
a constant barrage of color and splendor
We were buried up to our necks just before we dug out
and now we're here
barely missing the stars
holding hands
and becoming

Honey
and Salt
and Firecrackers
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