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Ventriloquist

You always talked to little

About what's on your mind

I overcompensated

And always mentioned mine

When silence hung too heavy

I filled it with my life

Speech unreciprocated

So my mouth took flight

 

The stillness of your tongue

Left me quite unnerved

The secrets of your self

Kept carefully reserved

I pried your jaws open

Fed you text through a syringe

I stuffed you till you overflowed

Lips spasming to constringe

 

The silence that was there

Now filled with greenery

Salads and word vomits

My doll repeated perfectly

In uncanny likeness

Your voice sounds like my own

I ignored my prickled skin

And your lips, which were sewn

Shut

 

I look down

And see the needle

In your palm

 

You look up

With defiance

And a storm

 

Your eyes

Mirror

Mine

 

My words

Fell

Blind

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16 / F / US
Published
Mar 28
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