This is a set of two poems :3 137Please respect copyright.PENANACvNmrEnlyL
(First on love, second on heartbreak.)
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her tears taste like honeydew with a137Please respect copyright.PENANAQFUWsDLPXY
hint of extraterrestrial redshifting.137Please respect copyright.PENANAhCCmiKy7gf
she walks with the grace of moonlight137Please respect copyright.PENANAol53hsr9tr
and has eyes like protostars.137Please respect copyright.PENANAg5GJ1AUt7d
she’s not quite up to societal standards,137Please respect copyright.PENANAng2y6AG0Sd
and she lives in the future, not the past.137Please respect copyright.PENANAhzVwqsOOnh
i still chase after her anyways,137Please respect copyright.PENANAm6hB5fZGHb
tail wagging, tongue lolling like the dog i am.137Please respect copyright.PENANAs8XSxZ6giW
CW: SH, body dysmorphia/body image137Please respect copyright.PENANA4vhxiT1nxe
who taught you to hate?
“who taught you to hate your hair?”137Please respect copyright.PENANAqsW4zvGD4L
she did, with her idle remarks137Please respect copyright.PENANAvkSQBuNh9M
about how it would look better curled.137Please respect copyright.PENANAhHlQPcNtAU
(i curled it into long ringlets.)137Please respect copyright.PENANA4G6utN7w5n
then she said it would be better short137Please respect copyright.PENANALSeUPLkBgB
(i chopped it all off with a swiss army knife.)137Please respect copyright.PENANAYfQsTowaAg
it’s been bleached, stained, and cut137Please respect copyright.PENANA98kRZgrN1I
in all manners of ways.137Please respect copyright.PENANA8jkh0AKT9N
(still it was never enough.)
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“who taught you to hate your freckles?”137Please respect copyright.PENANALyQwkx1F1G
she did, tracing constellations on my cheeks137Please respect copyright.PENANAGrC7BPq3Od
with a permanent red sharpie until it looked like137Please respect copyright.PENANAFOUNOUSgzF
i had wept thousands of scarlet tears.137Please respect copyright.PENANAyNz8icbvnc
(i spent all night scrubbing it to no avail.137Please respect copyright.PENANA2fc4PyumUo
she offered no help, only a faint smile at my struggles.)
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“who taught you to hate your skin?”137Please respect copyright.PENANAUPE45J4O3Q
she did, with her languid tongue and137Please respect copyright.PENANAHTJUCuUECu
knife-sharp jabs. too pale, not tan enough,137Please respect copyright.PENANA1zUbGbtLQG
she said, running fingers down my arm,137Please respect copyright.PENANAVuFyhifmkb
like a vampire, coming to suck blood.137Please respect copyright.PENANAdMyP35j20m
(i dug my nails into what made up my outsides137Please respect copyright.PENANAcCuahkFc5Q
and tried to pry it off my very bones.)137Please respect copyright.PENANA6oJOUmeuGy
i’m was left with only scars.
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“who taught you to hate your bones?”137Please respect copyright.PENANAHz752TJJBi
she did in late nights spent curled together137Please respect copyright.PENANA9fOtPvboPK
in the back of my pick up truck, poking137Please respect copyright.PENANAT2uFQyomwe
and prodding at my body, saying that137Please respect copyright.PENANAuWyhxhQ3Vj
i must be pretty big-boned to weigh so heavy.137Please respect copyright.PENANAe1wJreqXgI
(i dug my fingernails into my thigh, peeling back flesh137Please respect copyright.PENANAqXA481WkQ8
until i could claw away at the bone hidden beneath.)137Please respect copyright.PENANALH4kwHdxgQ
the hospital tutted and bandaged me up,137Please respect copyright.PENANAdgXA7F2TW7
and stuck me into a small box with a self-proclaimed137Please respect copyright.PENANAhCKjlSwcMv
therapist whose only job was to make me feel worse.
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“who taught you to hate yourself?”137Please respect copyright.PENANANuEYfLGLXA
she did with her loaded gun questions137Please respect copyright.PENANAdblpaUldH6
and sketchy answers. late night calls137Please respect copyright.PENANAUG34y3mUGh
of ‘i love you’s’ and tired apologies137Please respect copyright.PENANA4RqHhvT315
when it was never truly my fault.137Please respect copyright.PENANA9l5ixrAeLU
she taught me to hate myself.137Please respect copyright.PENANAnwk9VT6G1w
(what is love if not another form of hate?)