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Mar 2017
she hides her sadness with
chemicals and the next

John

Doe

between her thighs and her
painted smile

evidence of last night stained
on the
sheets she wears around

her atrophied heart

as she carves another vaporous hash
mark on the last available
patch of

bare
skin
Read the three part discussion on Sadness here:

https://hellopoetry.com/collection/31132/sadness/
Written by
S Michael Vandiver  44/M/Between Someday and Never
(44/M/Between Someday and Never)   
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