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There are snakes in my veinsCalling me “too much” is a lazy way of saying / You don’t know how to fan the flame of your own fire. / Does my brilliance upset you?
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Jun 8, 2017
Thorns and ThumbtacksThere have been hearts of mine that have cracked under the weight of easy love. / They hold a melody that I have hummed over and over. / Sometimes it begins slow, like waves crashing on an empty shore.
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Jan 10, 2017
Moon BloodI grow gardens between my thighs / and bloom roses red like rubies. / My spine is lined with barbed wire for those who dare to climb me.
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Jan 10, 2017
satin sheetsCoo words at me one more time- / I've never been keen to believe you. / Knotting promises into cord to cut me,
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Dec 26, 2016
Wake up and say good morningThe golden seal you've placed at the end of your tongue / Comes undone at the edge of my teeth. / And I peel it back
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Dec 26, 2016
Heaven or HellI taste like heaven and hell. / Like the nightmares you had where you were left in the middle of the ocean. / Drowning
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Oct 17, 2016
WallI have been told / Twice / By two different men- that I am the most defensive person they’ve ever met.
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Sep 6, 2016
I'm beggingLying on my stomach I remember the way your fingers felt unbuttoning my flesh. / The way your teeth left cursive along my spine / Beckoning me to open like a book that you were never allowed to read.
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Aug 22, 2016
Aesop's FablesMy life is a work of art / But it has never been scripted for you. / It doesn’t have to taste sweet on your tongue.
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Jul 9, 2016
SadYou came to me in a dream once, with crystal covered mountains dripping with nostalgia. / Ice cream on your tongue tasted sweeter than you ever did. You apologized for that too. / I have carved a path from the ice to trek for days that felt heavier when there was no one to miss- no distraction from the shell that I have worn that has formed from the inside out.
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Jun 27, 2016
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