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Poison, Popcorn, and Saying Goodbye

I've lost count how many times

You said you were

Sorry,

Or how many times

I lied,

Telling you I forgive you,

Just to

Stop

Hearing

Your

Venomous voice.

 

My first physical connection with a man

Was simply you

Injecting your

Parasitic poison

Into me

 

And,

No matter how many times I break my skin,

And try to bleed it out,

The poison still flows through my veins--

Slowly killing the heart you broke,

And filling my brain with

The insanity I take pills every day

To try to

Ignore.

 

The only revenge I seem to have have

Is that guilt you claim to feel.

 

I know I should be happy

You're "doing better"

But to be perfectly honest,

I would be much happier

Watching you

Suffer as I have.

 

The god you claimed to serve

Was not the god you really worshiped--

The man you saw everyday when you

Looked in your mirror to

Shave your face with

That expensive electric razor

I bought you for your birthday.

 

I always knew you were lying when

You told me you loved me.

But, I understand now

That you were lying more to yourself

Than you were to me.

 

We couldn't fix each other,

And secretly, we both knew

We weren't even trying--

We were just trying to use each other

To get by in a world

Where ****** up people like us

Simply couldn't fit in

With everyone else.

 

But none of that matters.

What matters is now,

And now,

I am relieved that I will never

Have to see you again

 

Because in my mind,

I can sit, watching you

Writhing in pain

From the remorse I hope you feel,

 

And ask my new boyfriend

To pass me the popcorn.

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jessie
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Published
Nov 30, 2010
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