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remnants of a girl
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remnants of a girl |
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CaseyLeigh Junior Member
since 2003-05-15
Posts 48 |
what is it like to be one of the strikingly gorgeous i wouldn’t know (“perhaps I’m better off”) i sulk in the corner in the arms of the ugly orange blanket maybe they won’t notice maybe they won’t see how you descend to the earth piece by fractured piece yet they hear the clatter as you fall haul you in and that is when their games commence in the dining room their cutting comments devour carve like razorblades no, not the ones that have been sitting in the medicine cabinet for a week they bought these fresh just for you all for you right by the cash register the $7.99 special at raley’s and now, put to proper use they hack away at you on the silver platter the blond one gnaws on a chunk of thigh your thigh blood dripping greedily from her chin she gives you a scarlet smirk and encourages the others to feast later in the washroom barely breathing and after a quart of hydrogen peroxide they bandage you so gingerly bind you together in a mess of gauze while your soul spills to the floor you watch it, now vacantly it writhes and dies they give you a pound of almay and a string of pearls as a consolation “you’ll thank us later,” they chant in a ballroom they have decorated you in lilac and a painted smile you are their completed project their masterpiece the social graces and dry jokes plague each circle women hiding demurely behind flutes of pink bubbles men bellowing out bar room cackles and then your makers parade you around for the masses they all see you the snot and superiority swoon this new creature you have become demands awe and idolization and the sick aspect of their attention is: you love it [This message has been edited by CaseyLeigh (05-17-2003 01:57 AM).] |
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ice Member Elite
since 2003-05-17
Posts 3404Pennsylvania |
Sounds as if you have become a victim of the Barbie Doll syndrone in this poem... An enjoyable read, CaseyLeigh... |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Nicely said.... and I love the hooked ending! Makes me feel lucky to be a man...though we do have similar rituals, they're slightly more voluntary. ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
sad that the ending is all too often the truth gutsy, well written don't ever let'em do that to you loved this write [This message has been edited by Midnitesun (05-17-2003 11:52 AM).] |
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ThisDiamond Member Rara Avis
since 2002-02-22
Posts 9353Michigan, USA |
A very gutsy write...and thought provoking... Will enjoy the following of your works Casey TD |
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CaseyLeigh Junior Member
since 2003-05-15
Posts 48 |
thank you for your encouraging comments... |
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