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break / in two

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7:02 a.m.
nothing hurts when i sleep, but in waking i glare at the mirror and want to shatter
everything breakable in the room, that is
the mirror the glass over the picture the perfume bottle the teacups on the bookshelves the
rocking chair the cartilage in my hand against the ground

low noon.
once again, they go as far from themselves as possible.

1:35 p.m.
AND EVEN GOD OH YES EVEN GOD OH GETS SAD AND LONELY AT NIGHT SO
CAN YOU FORGIVE ME CAN YOU FORGIVE ME

10:19 p.m.
palms pressed on clean cotton sheets,
she arches like a shooting star:
her spine cracks,
not all at once like the snap of a bone,
but like a branch
breaking under the weight of snow.

11:58 p.m.
sleep rises up again like the tide.
Day Seven of NaPoWriMo/gliitchmonth!  :iconnapowrimo:   :icongliitchmonth:


Notes:
- This is not written out of how I'm feeling now! It's something I would have posted a week ago. I'm happier than I've been in ages. Worry not for me <3
- The first part was typed down as a vent a little while back. The second part is about dissociating so hard you leave behind your pronouns. The third part is lyrics from a vocaloid song I'm loving right now (link in yesterday's poem), and I couldn't really think of any way to convey how it sounds other than all-caps
- The fourth part was written months ago, on a peaceful night, inspired by the sound my joints made when I did a backbend gymnast bridge stretch (no idea what it's properly called)
- I'm laughing at myself because part three is just so absurd
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pansydiv's avatar
this poem gave me an emotional & intellectual orgasm i cannot even put into words how it destroyed me <3 
you're like. undoubtedly one of my favourite poets ever ;-;