all along
Mommy groomed Mefrom crib to bibto toddles and tantrumsHer favoritest kid she wanted a daughtershe had only sonsplucked from the […]
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Signs of Dorian
Thanks for your lightLittle guide by my sideIlluminating the CareAt the end of Hope Drive I run my love lettersYou
Words of Wisdom from Daddy – Unedited Pages (Age 16)
You’re a bitch, an idiot. Your mind is fucked up. You learned that shit from your mother. You’ve changed over
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What’s Wrong Jeremy? – Unedited Pages (Age 16)
I feel uncomfortable in this flesh. My dad hurt me greatly yesterday. He has done this many times in the
What They Make Me – Unedited Pages (Age 16)
It was told to me onceThat I was beautifulI have been conceited ever since It was toldThat I was confident
Looking Forward
Thinking often that I’ve lost youAs if you were ever foundLike we aren’t just rhythmic symbiontsSpinning sideways eights wound round
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Sorry to Disturb (October 2024)
So, I’ll shave the stacheAnd rip the ringAnd lop the locksAnd shed the weightAnd burn the headbandsThat held in His
Say my name
Stripping downLike FranklTil they gas me Script is nowUntangledIf they ask, please Stacc. the vowelsIt’s J strappedWith a slashing ssh
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I Know a Secret
I know a secretDo you know it, too?Let’s trade stares and find out The next time we share room It’s a
Bedside Manner
I met a nurse with practical magic to share “Don’t cross your legs at the hairdresser,” she dared neath a
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Untrained Eyes
A donkey roams his pen at Camp BaduhmLashed black eyeballs bat away blood-swelled bugsWhile braying breath melts bale fulls from
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Dadding Defiantly
In frills for thrills High heels for weather Wherever we find grass together You know what? Pavement, too You don’t
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Ornamental
mindful you won’t brushmy blistered bladesI’ve sealed decay butI’m still toxic nearwound walls
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Tiny Token
I’ve learned to regret littleAnd nearly nothing fully Even so I’m discomposedWhen I weighThe fallow sapIn which I’ve indulgedInstead of
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Replies (to questions she’ll never ask me), pt I
To share the worst of me with strangers To keep the best of me For You.
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I Returned
Flippers washed you in whiteLike sterilityBut I know your disease like typhus in an infirmary Caulked in new porcelain vanitiesLike