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At 9 pm I take my meds In one quick shot, And they kick in too quickly, And my heartbeat is slowing to a stop. And so I grip my own hand In an act of self solidarity, And my mind begins to dance To a sinister tritone Of bleeding eyes, and dead eyes, and rot. With one quick slash I cure my hand. With agonising strokes I fix my leg. And I lay back with pride As red tears stream From red faces, bright smiles Laughing Wide on my skin. There you are, my love, my bane — My everything — You whisper sweetly in my ear, Brush your lips to my cheek, Dripping venom, And into my side You stab your claws — Black, clean and pretty And now silver, rusting red. And you lead me to the window So I follow the night breeze to a ledge To a gate To nothing more than a change of state. The stars are whispering sweetly In my ear, In attentive scrutiny they stand. Unchanged shall they watch As below them I shall live or I shall not.
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Aug 1, 2019
Aug 1, 2019 at 4:59 PM UTC
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At 9 pm I take my meds In one quick shot, And they kick in too quickly, And my heartbeat is slowing to a stop. And so I grip my own hand In an act of self solidarity, And my mind begins to dance To a sinister tritone Of bleeding eyes, and dead eyes, and rot. With one quick slash I cure my hand. With agonising strokes I fix my leg. And I lay back with pride As red tears stream From red faces, bright smiles Laughing Wide on my skin. There you are, my love, my bane — My everything — You whisper sweetly in my ear, Brush your lips to my cheek, Dripping venom, And into my side You stab your claws — Black, clean and pretty And now silver, rusting red. And you lead me to the window So I follow the night breeze to a ledge To a gate To nothing more than a change of state. The stars are whispering sweetly In my ear, In attentive scrutiny they stand. Unchanged shall they watch As below them I shall live or I shall not.
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Aug 1, 2019
Aug 1, 2019 at 4:59 PM UTC
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