you said you lost god
but I doubt you ever had him
to start with.
dress up in ribbons,
yell loud,
whisper death wishes
to dandelions,
do whatever the fuck
you want.
just don’t ask why I only kiss you when I’m
drunk.
we’re not pretty
burning,
we’re not pretty
fucking,
we’re not pretty
full stop.
blood snakes round your skull
like water paints in the ocean.
your eyes are blossoming purple swirls
that deepen and
drip
when bored.
my teeth are kitchen knives
sinking through
your ankles
and you can’t run
anywhere.
you faded
like pixels
and screamed
a scratchy screech of
sandpaper running down
blackboards.
my fingerprints were
the garrotte
but I was never found
because I was
never
fucking
there
to start with.
if you say it hurts then
I’ll say
not enough.
Author notes
Prompt:
I don't know how many times
I can loan him my cigarettes
when I don't even know
if he's alive.
--"This is Nowhere" by The Airborne Toxic Event
this band rocks all.
c a n d y m o r p h i n e
A contest entry
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this is great, of course, like i could expect less from you=p However! you already got a trophy which isn't difficult to see why (it's amazing) so i have to remove this:/ sorry, you can enter another one that doesn't have a trophy.
amazing though. I absolutely love your imagery
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holy fuck. i am failing at this contest. let me go reread the rules.
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dress up in ribbons,
yell loud,
whisper death wishes
to dandelions,
&&
my teeth are kitchen knives
sinking through
your ankles
and you can’t run
anywhere.
amazing. the ending was phenomenal. i love the rawness of this; blunt is a good way to put it *nods in agreement with HereComesTheSun *
excellent interpretation of the prompt. nice title, too. thanks for entering -
for me your blunt tell at as it is language is what makes this piece so amazing.
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do whatever the fuck
you want.
just don’t ask why I only kiss you when I’m
drunk.
we’re not pretty
burning,
we’re not pretty
fucking,
we’re not pretty
full stop.
-that is like, an edgy kind of poetic fury. i love it.
the ending is a punch in the gut.
♥
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