it all burned up in the fire
smashed
no windows. no air. it always smelled like stale semen in there. she never went to sleep she always passed out.
buying more locks for the door
sleeping with a knife
lost
the ants came in from the garage and made a black stream up the wall. nobody even tried to get rid of them
broken
lost
four years married, she will not let him watch her undress
uninvited
she would play this game. how long can you go without someone touching you? No danger of it happening at home, and at school she can create an invisible sphere of poison around herself as she walks through crowds. this could go for weeks until the goddamn dentist ruined my streak
we were just talking but suddenly he was kissing me so fast and I didn't want it but it was easier to say, what the hell. i was tired.
gasping
I trusted you
tranquilizers
can't even tune it out. tv doesn't work, music hasnt for a while. denied that dullness, I'm on edge on twich alert all the time, my right eye, my left hand, they jerk, the blood goes flip, flip
and the heart stutters now
they kicked it to death
they locked him up, I did not understand
rotten.
sick.
he scowls in his sleep
he assumes they will not like him, it is easier
cant stop shaking
laughed in his face
the year nobody went outside
she doesn't know what day it is
could not even call in sick to work, she kicked the phone off the hook and cried herself back to sleep
the night he shook the baby
exhausted
responsible
guaranteed
she got rid of her furniture, covered the walls in white fabric, slit her wrists, and went to work painting. he thinks this is beautiful.
it's my own fault for expecting too much from you
still sleeps with the light on
in a cage
strangers
weeping silently and without tears
the mice crawling on him as he tried to sleep
covered in sores
it did not ever heal
your own. worst. motherfucking enemy
threw it against the wall
she did not leave a note
I hit it and kept driving. it was not dead yet
claws, teeth
we'll just have to wait and see
chance of survival
please turn the light off. please
the pain you cannot spare your children
did not call the police
has not eaten for days
locked herself in the bathroom, he was screaming
underwater
kept quiet
behind a fence
nobody lives there any more
chemo
it is helpful to pick an object and focus on it. it is beautiful when the world collapses to a point. darkness will swoop in to frame your apple, your hand, your clean china bowl, the one thing left that will not hurt you
all the people you forgot.
she could not make a sound
driving too fast because we were fighting. so we could get there sooner and not speak to each other more
women and children
they never saw it coming
nobody talks about him any more
he is touching me, why don't I feel grateful
after they were raped she bathed the others before she bathed herself
smashed
clawing at his face
there was nothing left