dissever
ovenbird in_the_dark_i_was self_inflicted
my mind an apple
with a razor blade
lodged in its core
my gums, ribbons
my mouth speaking
with the scraps of a
shredded tongue

all this internal bleeding
without a single bruise
to prove
my malady

what sloshes
in my stomach
is blood
not bile

you send me to bed
with a handful of antacids
and tell me not to call you
in the morning
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what's it to you?
who go
blather
from