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Babushka Doll

by grace-nottingham

Babushka doll, you're an acid vase Empty as church mornings Devoid of all feelings; You unravel your sullen smiles, Ill-bred and unclean. You are not complete. You lost your babies. Now you're alone. Darling, darling, darling, how does it feel? To feel the root of brute in the stubby heel, Your silly scarves lost in the wheel. Just peel off the cabbage roses Petal by Petal, Dismember yourself. What a laugh! The air has asthma, The sun gives it T.B. Oh dearie me! It wheezes kisses heavier than a lecher. Saboteur of my days, Why must you hurt what you can? Because you hate me, hate me. You are an acid vase full of hate. I can see your ruddy heart like an X-ray. Unstick yourself from me. I don't want you, Your scarlet lips Lake Baikal eyes, or Eastern European knits. The rings shed their gold. Knock knock, Dead at 30. The last twist of the knife.
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Feb 6, 2014
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