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The. Worst. Day. . . Ever.

I Originations of consciousness whir into a moan of torment. A sudden bombshell of consternation; her eyes burst wide. Baby? Sleep-laden, post-finals brain gravy: No, can't be. Could be. Shouldn't be. Want to be? No, can't be. Lurking beyond the reach of terror, realism slithers closer. The hysteria deteriorates as deduction brings lucidity. Fucking eggs. They are abolished, and never heard from again. II Suitcase tetris, smothering each layer. She moves without direction, or a lazy child with ADD. At long last, the shimmering sink full of death beckons... Dissatisfaction erupts in a symphony of fragmented drinkware. Her assumption lingers, cresting into prediction. Her expectations are met. A thorn in her paw. The dishwater weeps. III Her rage is tangible, hissing in her ears, bashing her skull when it is ignored, clawing at her spine. She abandons the silverware. They never did anything for her. The loathsome bag swings threateningly. She ignores it, giving it a silent challenge. Fate strings before her eyes, yanked taut and thrumming with inevitability. Crimson satin sheets tangle lovingly from the rift of tender peel. Cake-batter-in-a-mixing-bowl splatter, the dissimilitude of children's laughter. Wobbling, fawn-like under the density of rage gnawing at her lips, she retreats, acknowledging her submission. She begins as a tree, but rapidly degenerates into grotesque dysmorphic spasms on the cheap veneer. Hysteria threatens to burst forth, frothing, but no. This is not my day.
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Written by
charlotte-graham
Canadian
Published
Sep 27, 2012
Lines·Words
51·232
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Inspired by "The Colonel" (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/180106) because of its graphic detail but defamiliarization in use, using delicate words like lace to describe something gory. These events are true, only paraphrased.

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