vii Nakedbodies from Melodrama2009 / Saintaugustine by central standard time

body aches too much
to write about you again
i still force myself

if i write it out
maybe i won’t lose my mind
thinking about you

i could lie and say
“never fell for tricks and lies”
fuck you yes i did

makes it even worse
that you still eat up my life
reinvention’s key

you’re relatable
people understand your words
i wish i could too

can’t tell you to die
you might really follow through
that would be a crime

you aren’t a ghost
you aren’t a human being
you’re a parasite

naked bodies lie
on the floor, and yet i stay
motionless in fear

carefully read on
god contained in cellar rooms
wasn’t that a joke?

no, but you don’t lie
why else would i find myself
writing poems.

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