she runs a blade
along the side of truth
tearing seams to separate
the situation from semantics
tossing context
so I am nothing more
than a consequence
of bad behaviour,
an example of pain’s twisted path
reduced from a person
to a speed bump,
slowing her life plan
a hangnail on the hand
that feeds
Mar 21, 2018
Mar 21, 2018 at 10:17 AM UTC
she runs a blade
along the side of truth
tearing seams to separate
the situation from semantics
tossing context
so I am nothing more
than a consequence
of bad behaviour,
an example of pain’s twisted path
reduced from a person
to a speed bump,
slowing her life plan
a hangnail on the hand
that feeds
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