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sick and tired

November 28, 2022
By per PLATINUM, Spartanburg, South Carolina
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per PLATINUM, Spartanburg, South Carolina
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"I am not young enough to know everything" - Oscar Wilde

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ive been groping in a
bare-skinned room, draped with
beige wildflower wallpaper.

ive been swimming in a muddy
pond with an open mouth,
hosting a bed and bath for parasites.

ive been crouching in a
shallow grave, gripping my grandmother's
skeleton and burning to feel her hands on my
back as I take my bows.

ive been mourning with an
infant's coffin laid upon my lap
like a silent suicide note.

I have been watering
and pruning my irises, because something inside me
says to go blind quicker.

hold my hand.

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libraryghost PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 27 2023 at 10:24 pm
libraryghost PLATINUM, Lynnwood, Washington
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"No one really understands each other. We're all just stuck inside ourselves." Aza, Turtles All the Way Down

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i really like all your writing pieces. seems like not a lot of members have seen it but the editors love your poetry and you're in the magazine a few times! do you have any advice-i wanna be published...love this poem, its really powerful