Lazy daisy.
Jasmin Lee Cori, The Emotionally Absent Mother: How to Recognize and Heal the Invisible Effects of Childhood Emotional Neglect
And ive never been good at letting go
I guess you could call it
death grip black hole
And I can tell exactly when its supposed to erupt in flames
but i still find myself holding onto your burn—convincing myself that the wildfires in my chest are okay.
And it hurts, but I can take it.
I mean,
Ive been annihilated before.
So, I can take it.
Armor down,
bare chest,
vultures feasting.
Ribs shatter,
bloody knees,
keep breathing.
My heart breaks and my emotions are glass,
this fragility stems
from the emotions you lack.
You threw me in a hole with your gasoline,
lit a match
and smiled at me
and said mmmmm, girls like you,
you burn quietly…
So, I burn quietly.
I burn quietly..
I burned quietly…
ghost(face) pareidolia:
the ability to see (ghost)faces in objects.
“Nobody believes the official spokesman… but everybody trusts an unidentified source.” — Ron Nesen
“Angels on my body
And they're so honest and they pray for forgiveness
Never give it, I never want it
From the angels guiding heavenly, fuck”
Blare it loud.
From Audrey Lee's chapbook, Disjecta Membra, available from Bottlecap Press!
“Crying is all right in its way while it lasts. But you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do.” ― C.S. Lewis
“I no longer know if I wish to drown myself in love, vodka or the sea.” - Franz Kafka
From Kora Schultz’s chapbook, strawberry hole, available at https://bottlecap.press/products/strawberry-hole-by-kora-schultz
Pull out hair
Shout out lungs
Grab sides of face
With fists
Scream again
Throw bottles
Shatter glass
Hands are bleeding
Slam fists down
Blood smears
Pageant red
Flows like first place
Across my teeth
I’m so pretty