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burning bodies

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and we yearned for something deeper tangled between bed sheets
but our palms were always split open, spilling malice.
our bodies, always in dire separation
even in scalding proximity.

je dis beaucoup des mensonges.
i tell a lot of lies.

the following:

we curled ourselves alongside icicles to bury the flames.

my waist still feels like a graveyard.
even after all the times you tasted my bone marrow,
you still have the nerve to say i'm not bitter.

our mansion is burning from the inside out
and we force-feed the desire with
prolonged gestures and held-breaths.

our combined scar tissue lies in a heap on the floor of our shrine
and the skin is nearly poison when we add our cancelled convictions.

i tore myself apart until all my limbs
seeped into the dirt and sprung dandelions.
neither of our backbones found forgiveness.

we are hiding in the crevices of bedrooms
behind locked doors
underneath all the fight we never knew we had.

this is how smiles tear:

my teeth are lodged in your ribcage.
your tongue is the lump in my throat i've been trying to clear.
our lips are too busy deciding what to say
to tell us what to do next
and our bodies are empty with each other's promises.
i am extremely proud of this
but still, crits welcomed~~

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MomotsukiNezumi's avatar
Wow...mind-blowing in all the scary ways.