This is a set of two poems :3 147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTbN3VLPH0
(First on love, second on heartbreak.)
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her tears taste like honeydew with a147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVTetflPRF
hint of extraterrestrial redshifting.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqPaxvhbVA
she walks with the grace of moonlight147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeBLfLME2Q
and has eyes like protostars.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEvJzWmKn0
she’s not quite up to societal standards,147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0HNCPpoXY
and she lives in the future, not the past.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EfqBsSvye
i still chase after her anyways,147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOH913l3EOt
tail wagging, tongue lolling like the dog i am.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNtYVqjHaF
CW: SH, body dysmorphia/body image147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1mSWRFyzv
who taught you to hate?
“who taught you to hate your hair?”147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmEiPDloZn
she did, with her idle remarks147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZUP7y5wsV
about how it would look better curled.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0MtUyYOau
(i curled it into long ringlets.)147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSieOuXr6M
then she said it would be better short147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyYutjPMMj
(i chopped it all off with a swiss army knife.)147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SFHiEMUX9
it’s been bleached, stained, and cut147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7umEZv7DAc
in all manners of ways.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkH4nkKjwcI
(still it was never enough.)
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“who taught you to hate your freckles?”147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3FOBTltuy
she did, tracing constellations on my cheeks147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswpUMzFVQg
with a permanent red sharpie until it looked like147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPPJkvDnaY
i had wept thousands of scarlet tears.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFukME5yBsN
(i spent all night scrubbing it to no avail.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMenFivLMI
she offered no help, only a faint smile at my struggles.)
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“who taught you to hate your skin?”147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWHeB6bXEe
she did, with her languid tongue and147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhGh37uXdU
knife-sharp jabs. too pale, not tan enough,147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlUQGn8CwE
she said, running fingers down my arm,147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1esM8XrtQ7
like a vampire, coming to suck blood.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmruYcnMBde
(i dug my nails into what made up my outsides147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBKeF2zO73
and tried to pry it off my very bones.)147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PMUximgpI
i’m was left with only scars.
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“who taught you to hate your bones?”147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpNVnoUH41
she did in late nights spent curled together147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ882sUgsJsu
in the back of my pick up truck, poking147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRvGoxZ50tk
and prodding at my body, saying that147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡas4lPeWYzm
i must be pretty big-boned to weigh so heavy.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHfIY5Ql0N
(i dug my fingernails into my thigh, peeling back flesh147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpruWGuK1V
until i could claw away at the bone hidden beneath.)147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡax2iyEcrEm
the hospital tutted and bandaged me up,147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4IUwhKPO6
and stuck me into a small box with a self-proclaimed147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8h4WMpCSA8
therapist whose only job was to make me feel worse.
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“who taught you to hate yourself?”147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsYfNG9eYq
she did with her loaded gun questions147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQoDPWt0E7
and sketchy answers. late night calls147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fBWmswppO
of ‘i love you’s’ and tired apologies147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxjvTYUcgrW
when it was never truly my fault.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPCesM2Ike
she taught me to hate myself.147Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3m7omEzrBo
(what is love if not another form of hate?)
