How Do You Manage It?
It's an incredible talent,
How you are able to dull the luster
Of everything that shines.
No accidents,
You know full well.
Because you hate things that
Are steady and soft,
That fit together easily.
Does a wound delt by the same hand
Deserve concern,
a bandage, and time to heal?
We think the same:
More fitting to be soaked in alcohol,
Let it burn away the guilt until dry.
What a disease.
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Submitted by DaisyMMontgomery on October 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Characters | 396 |
Words | 84 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
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