Trigger Warning
I am back to sipping at the slop bucket
full
of murders reruns of
the dismal end
we face they faced I face
if I keep going
that’s what some gland or other thinks
or feels or how do neuroscienticians
say it do they say it
or is this just some meme
I am a drink of death away from throwing
in my towel which has been picked up
again and again off the floor so much so
it has come to please me see it hanging it makes
me feel steady like I overcame all the ends
I was reassured would be mine befall the
atrocious choice I made and made again
it palls to have to live it all a stump-jump plough
in this finite diorama of my span hit the obstacle
I return to the beginning track back along
my rubber path
condemned and braced for impact
I am waiting for the bang I am tense
against the slam of wood the crunch of bone
so much so
it really
doesn’t matter
if it comes
this is v Socratic
ReplyDeletejust a sip of death away
but poisonally - I do think it matters
Woah - that packs a punch Kerri! Love it :))
ReplyDeleteExtraordinary poem, dear Kerri. But don't let it order you around. Please. :)
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