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Groping for a lifeboat In this turbulent tear-filled sea I snatched the brown Aspirin bottle Five hundred bitter Small white pearl-sized wishes Slide down my throat one by one 1. I wish I could forget you 19. I wish I wasn’t fat 37. I wish honeybees weren’t going extinct 113.  I wish my mom would accept that I am not her 174. I wish I never tried it 175. I wish I had some more 212. I wish I planted sunflowers last spring 227. I wish track marks weren’t so hard to hide 251. I wish my throat wasn’t so dry 288. I wish I told you the truth 289. I wish you didn’t believe me 301. I wish I had a cigarette 333. I wish I could stop crying 342. I wish my cat didn’t run away when I was 8 396. I wish I went to your funeral. 403. I wish I didn’t bite my nails 417. I wish this concrete floor was warmer 447. I wish it wasn’t my birthday 448. I wish anyone had called 498. I wish I were dead 499. I wish I were dead 500. I WISH I WERE ******* DEAD
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May 9, 2014
May 9, 2014 at 12:54 AM UTC
[Of Someone contemplating suicide]
Groping for a lifeboat In this turbulent tear-filled sea I snatched the brown Aspirin bottle Five hundred bitter Small white pearl-sized wishes Slide down my throat one by one 1. I wish I could forget you 19. I wish I wasn’t fat 37. I wish honeybees weren’t going extinct 113.  I wish my mom would accept that I am not her 174. I wish I never tried it 175. I wish I had some more 212. I wish I planted sunflowers last spring 227. I wish track marks weren’t so hard to hide 251. I wish my throat wasn’t so dry 288. I wish I told you the truth 289. I wish you didn’t believe me 301. I wish I had a cigarette 333. I wish I could stop crying 342. I wish my cat didn’t run away when I was 8 396. I wish I went to your funeral. 403. I wish I didn’t bite my nails 417. I wish this concrete floor was warmer 447. I wish it wasn’t my birthday 448. I wish anyone had called 498. I wish I were dead 499. I wish I were dead 500. I WISH I WERE ******* DEAD
THESE AREN'T MY ACTUAL FEELINGS I wrote this poem based on a quote I read in a textbook for a poetry class It is written in what I imagine their point of view would be like, hence the title. enjoy :)
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May 9, 2014
May 9, 2014 at 12:54 AM UTC
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