

14Like harvesting rubber Small, shallow cuts Not deep enough to kill the tree Just deep enough to bring14
The Sticky-sweet red sap From the space to the left of he sternum.
15, One for every year Last one completed 40 seconds After the first period bell No one had noticed her dishwater-eyes
Slip put of Spanish as the PA chirped.
It wasnt to break skin,
It was to bleed. Like medieval doctors bloodletting When her heart began to swell and ache With the strain of pumping her molasses blood She relieved it.
Cutting


9To immerse; addiction to lean on that crutch The needle, the lighter, the razor That silver kiss Just to take the edge off the dependance on something Transcending human emotion Tiny as it is stable Always cold, seeking heat in those addicted I am the Addict. Armed in my scabs and scar-tissue, I am beautiful.9


8It was like an Earthquake, When you left, eerie creak of earth ripping from earth Skin ripping from Skin, And the pieces she couldn't put back together. Aftershocks slipping a quiver into her voice. Granite in her stance having cracked, faults slip-sliding to sway her hips, Like any other Girl. Except when the ground shakes she still runs for the dorrway of your arms; The only one the Earthquake took.8


7destroying to destroy bad habits reborn gasping wet and ragged in tile floors mouth stitched deftly sealed by the fingers that once parted those lips wax drips down the candle slowly, patiently, like the starfish regrowing its phantom limb the ghostly heard she still feels beating.7
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"GOD stands for Greatest Of Designers" - Rick Valicenti
-Peter
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Just another coke-addicted rock star romance... ♥
I am Bob Dylan in dA's Celebrities Crew!
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