I carry the grief on my arms
and he always wanted to be
more than that
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maybe a mirthful being
maybe a rotting body
that instead of worms
has child dreams above.
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The sadness devours me
like an ice cream
made of sperm
dirt
and corpses
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i can’t get away from her
she’s my only home.
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But if you got tender around
and bodies that love your strut
how can you be so ungrateful
others say
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don’t you know?
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no one can save you
from being slowly consumed
by your own death
and hoping to be understood
is the most painful illusion
that god created on earth.
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(That's why i don't talk about
what's hurting me inside
cause what else can you do
that i haven't tried on myself before?)
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And i'm sorry
for missing the harm on my flesh
i don't know how to live
with my skin clean.
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