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I'll write to starve She said. I'll eat words, Develop a bulemic Mentality, Purging the words To the page in Nauseating bursts. I'll force it When I have to. I'll write when The hunger pangs Themselves, Start to eat me. I'll sum up calories through Raucous poetry. I'll grow weak As my pen grows strong. I'll write even when My hand shakes Because there's not Enough sustenance. I'll deny my body, And cultivate my mind With measured abundance. I'll shrivel up and Waste away. But the words will stay On the paper. You'll see and say, How can a skeleton write? I'll grip the pen With bony fingers And I'll show you. I'll feed you too.
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Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014 at 12:34 PM UTC
Starving to Write
I'll write to starve She said. I'll eat words, Develop a bulemic Mentality, Purging the words To the page in Nauseating bursts. I'll force it When I have to. I'll write when The hunger pangs Themselves, Start to eat me. I'll sum up calories through Raucous poetry. I'll grow weak As my pen grows strong. I'll write even when My hand shakes Because there's not Enough sustenance. I'll deny my body, And cultivate my mind With measured abundance. I'll shrivel up and Waste away. But the words will stay On the paper. You'll see and say, How can a skeleton write? I'll grip the pen With bony fingers And I'll show you. I'll feed you too.
#depression#anxiety#bones#eatingdisorder#anorexia#write#determination#bulemia
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Nov 6, 2014
Nov 6, 2014 at 12:34 PM UTC
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