This is a set of two poems :3 29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6B2sfPuqWc
(First on love, second on heartbreak.)
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her tears taste like honeydew with a29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUYqfKk47Q
hint of extraterrestrial redshifting.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkkXHXITan
she walks with the grace of moonlight29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61BoL3uPH6
and has eyes like protostars.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybR5HM7Gbg
she’s not quite up to societal standards,29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0zFnLGcKn
and she lives in the future, not the past.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SrmxnPMfE
i still chase after her anyways,29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9x43sK9txT
tail wagging, tongue lolling like the dog i am.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW78fIDWU81
CW: SH, body dysmorphia/body image29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrPZwoNdC9
who taught you to hate?
“who taught you to hate your hair?”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZHXJGzJ09
she did, with her idle remarks29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uBq77W6yn
about how it would look better curled.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pnlFmPQdW
(i curled it into long ringlets.)29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7YzBVRCY7
then she said it would be better short29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FiXpXHfTA
(i chopped it all off with a swiss army knife.)29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jlZbzgAzS
it’s been bleached, stained, and cut29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiL3wFK3EDS
in all manners of ways.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNok9BTra40
(still it was never enough.)
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“who taught you to hate your freckles?”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJ8UO5JsZP
she did, tracing constellations on my cheeks29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1odbAkHDd
with a permanent red sharpie until it looked like29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzajMpODPa
i had wept thousands of scarlet tears.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZVIteRjOX
(i spent all night scrubbing it to no avail.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84PsJlhtqK
she offered no help, only a faint smile at my struggles.)
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“who taught you to hate your skin?”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGr71PP2mp3
she did, with her languid tongue and29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYLStGiauy
knife-sharp jabs. too pale, not tan enough,29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YI1VU0wgr
she said, running fingers down my arm,29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3VAkSKkYI
like a vampire, coming to suck blood.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpRgqJurrh
(i dug my nails into what made up my outsides29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyEbsKChsK
and tried to pry it off my very bones.)29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoj9KgzNA1
i’m was left with only scars.
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“who taught you to hate your bones?”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcb9x0GlN2
she did in late nights spent curled together29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfZazfaVlv
in the back of my pick up truck, poking29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡib96KdBLiG
and prodding at my body, saying that29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiimPtl17C3
i must be pretty big-boned to weigh so heavy.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWneutdgBoO
(i dug my fingernails into my thigh, peeling back flesh29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBdEycG44v4
until i could claw away at the bone hidden beneath.)29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFGOEJXvqk
the hospital tutted and bandaged me up,29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsv92kcqVO
and stuck me into a small box with a self-proclaimed29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhelagKrYlm
therapist whose only job was to make me feel worse.
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“who taught you to hate yourself?”29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DZGQ1BApJ
she did with her loaded gun questions29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBpWkVk837
and sketchy answers. late night calls29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSkDl9PHmV
of ‘i love you’s’ and tired apologies29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkj0UsaW04F
when it was never truly my fault.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdi37sYzjY
she taught me to hate myself.29Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRjppb7aY1
(what is love if not another form of hate?)
