Elizabeth
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In EffigyA Poem by Elizabethday old fish smells better than the roses you left on my doorstepand when you shift your weight from one foot to anotherI know you are lyinganyway, lo.. |
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losing petalsA Poem by Elizabeththat beating bleeding messthumpsand skips a beatmaddening cadenceinterminable ticktickticklike a watchlosing timeor a flowerlosing petalsbut I do not .. |
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Libertine LoverA Poem by Elizabethyou say I am beautifuland I hate youperverse and twisted half truths rolling off your forked tongueI see you for what you areI see what you seea delug.. |
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LipstickA Poem by ElizabethPretty girls carry pretty pursesand lipstickjust in case.I carry lies and whispers in my purse.They rattle like spare change when I walk. |
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Freedom BurningA Poem by Elizabeththis old housecreaks and groansand settles in the darkcobwebs and terrorhide in closets and under the bedlies lived herebut tonightthey are evictedgas.. |
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Sleeping DogsA Poem by ElizabethWhispers and secretskeep silent councilwith mouldering lipsand stone cold handsdown in the gravethey slumber and rotsleeping dogstell no lies |
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Party of OneA Poem by ElizabethTo medicate or not... to allow the mania control or to behave? Welcome to my mind, today. |
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Gunpowder and PerfumeA Poem by Elizabethshards of something like a soulshatter at my feetwho I wasand what I amperched precariously on nothinggunpowder and perfumehang on my every wordtomorr.. |
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EmbersA Poem by ElizabethBurning down the old asylumgasolineher singed wings glowingEmbers laughinglike angry fairiesWe know we know we knowCrackle popIgniteStop |
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Daddy Wears Dog TagsA Poem by ElizabethDaddy wears dog tags and flight boots He smells like Old spice and BDU’sWe walk through the Commissary and everyone salutesThe man that grounded.. |
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