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a sailor of lies

You smell of sea salt

 

and the sea an evil green

 

your lips are cold

 

i look out the window

 

rain blinds me

 

fog rises from the brine

 

of ghosts

 

dead sailors

 

lost souls

 

lies

 

i do not dare look

 

at you

 

seaweed wraps around

 

your neck

 

snakes slither

 

out your mouth

 

a sailor of intrigue

 

deception

 

i pull the woolen

 

tight to my stone

 

body dead womb

 

freezing

 

the bed is rising

 

i am floating

 

towards

 

death

 

death of love

 

the worst death

 

wear your casket

 

sailor suit

 

wear it back into the

 

fog and sea

 

i won't hear

 

from you

 

you will be dead

 

alive somewhere

 

with someone

 

not me

 

i will strangle

 

the pain

 

and let my womb

 

bleed

 

i will bathe it in

 

sea water

 

and spit out the

 

lies

 

into night

 

and fog and sea

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Written by
kathleen-myra-colby
German
Published
Jan 20, 2011
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