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The disappointment that resides in me, as much as I tell it to go away, swallows my entire body. It eats away at my flesh and rarely leaves enough time for skin to regenerate. The disappointment that resides in me licks its lips hungrily at the sight of my blood, salivates and swallows my entire body. This cannot be healthy, I say to myself. There has to be a way to invalidate the disappointment that resides in me. I wonder if there was ever a phase of sobriety when my expectations' weight did not swallow my entire body. I suppose I must return to reality and succumb to incubate the disappointment that resides in me, that swallows my entire body.
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Nov 2, 2015
Nov 2, 2015 at 12:33 AM UTC
Autosarcophagy
The disappointment that resides in me, as much as I tell it to go away, swallows my entire body. It eats away at my flesh and rarely leaves enough time for skin to regenerate. The disappointment that resides in me licks its lips hungrily at the sight of my blood, salivates and swallows my entire body. This cannot be healthy, I say to myself. There has to be a way to invalidate the disappointment that resides in me. I wonder if there was ever a phase of sobriety when my expectations' weight did not swallow my entire body. I suppose I must return to reality and succumb to incubate the disappointment that resides in me, that swallows my entire body.
#reality#skin#body#disappointment#villanelle#flesh#sobriety#cannibalism#autosarcophagy
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Nov 2, 2015
Nov 2, 2015 at 12:33 AM UTC
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