5 misconceptions that you'd rather not know

day 1 of 'not touching grass' streak

1.

rage is not

made of gasoline and

reckless light flicks

rage is tidbits of stars

ground by a mortar

and pestle

very manmade.

very intentional.

2.

girlhood is not

soft lace and linen

it is bloodied carnage

and resisting

the urge

to become

your father

you will always mourn

the child you never were

3.

to love is

not to be gentle

to love is to

not let breathe

(be horrified

at the thought

of looseing

the gags)

to love, is to suffocate

expect untimely demise

4.

poison rarely

comes bottled

when god bore

you hungry

feeding off

rotten bones

off rotten

people

comes easier to

swallow

5.

you are never

home and never

understood

know that you

belong with

severed lambs

on slaughterhouse

floors

the butcher knows you better than your mother

CONCLUSION:

you will probably die

angry

breathless

mauled

homesick and

unclaimed

the stars subjected to the love of my mortar and pestle, stars scratching my throat as i wash them down with liquid soap.

no amount of scrubbing inside out helps to remember less of you and with the stars i crush myself

brown and golden as you set us both aflame

with the promise of letting me house within,

i hold your arteries shut.

Author's Note

i think more unhinged content?