Eloise in a Christmas tree,
swinging a straight razor
at the children below.
Never held enough
as a baby.
Never in love
just a maybe.
Eloise's father
in the living room,
drinking the news.
Those *******
******* and *****
he screams.
Never held enough
as a baby.
His mother smelled of
a late night and
pineapple blend *****
Eloise popping Prozac
like Tic-Tacs.
Fantasizing about
shooting the school body.
You sonuvabitch,
her father screamed.
He penetrated--
She screamed
and writhed.
Wrists held.
Body pressed.
Beans and toast
for dinner.
Mom left dad because dad
isn't big enough
or makes enough money.
Enough. Enough. Enough.
Eloise was supposed to be
a miscarriage.
Her dad lost some toes
when he missed a log.
Chop, the axe said.
The world is a swinging place.
Whispering in the dark.
A hushed frenzy.
Mix and **** out,
her gun let out a shout.
Eloise, queen of the
student mass grave.
Eloise's father turns on
the news.
He drinks liquor instead.
Eloise on the t-v.
Oh, woe is me.
He went to the shed
and blew his head
clean off.
The world is a swinging place.
The world in a frenzy.
Apr 10, 2015
Apr 10, 2015 at 1:16 AM UTC
Eloise in a Christmas tree,
swinging a straight razor
at the children below.
Never held enough
as a baby.
Never in love
just a maybe.
Eloise's father
in the living room,
drinking the news.
Those *******
******* and *****
he screams.
Never held enough
as a baby.
His mother smelled of
a late night and
pineapple blend *****
Eloise popping Prozac
like Tic-Tacs.
Fantasizing about
shooting the school body.
You sonuvabitch,
her father screamed.
He penetrated--
She screamed
and writhed.
Wrists held.
Body pressed.
Beans and toast
for dinner.
Mom left dad because dad
isn't big enough
or makes enough money.
Enough. Enough. Enough.
Eloise was supposed to be
a miscarriage.
Her dad lost some toes
when he missed a log.
Chop, the axe said.
The world is a swinging place.
Whispering in the dark.
A hushed frenzy.
Mix and **** out,
her gun let out a shout.
Eloise, queen of the
student mass grave.
Eloise's father turns on
the news.
He drinks liquor instead.
Eloise on the t-v.
Oh, woe is me.
He went to the shed
and blew his head
clean off.
The world is a swinging place.
The world in a frenzy.
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