This is a set of two poems :3 112Please respect copyright.PENANADe5Jy0ySdA
(First on love, second on heartbreak.)
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her tears taste like honeydew with a112Please respect copyright.PENANAMJhT5YoMTx
hint of extraterrestrial redshifting.112Please respect copyright.PENANAsO9H5wdz03
she walks with the grace of moonlight112Please respect copyright.PENANAq0NESoORa3
and has eyes like protostars.112Please respect copyright.PENANAEJE3V9iaRD
she’s not quite up to societal standards,112Please respect copyright.PENANAhUVaIKkeCr
and she lives in the future, not the past.112Please respect copyright.PENANAeduJPig8qr
i still chase after her anyways,112Please respect copyright.PENANAvsXIVGodQT
tail wagging, tongue lolling like the dog i am.112Please respect copyright.PENANA8FXeDDRr36
CW: SH, body dysmorphia/body image112Please respect copyright.PENANAymJH5zXk1N
who taught you to hate?
“who taught you to hate your hair?”112Please respect copyright.PENANAQBuVYcOcDd
she did, with her idle remarks112Please respect copyright.PENANA4aVMTEkIKy
about how it would look better curled.112Please respect copyright.PENANAGxjBhMfUal
(i curled it into long ringlets.)112Please respect copyright.PENANAKwwtrzOtc3
then she said it would be better short112Please respect copyright.PENANABd1URoHpjJ
(i chopped it all off with a swiss army knife.)112Please respect copyright.PENANAV13AB1KbOs
it’s been bleached, stained, and cut112Please respect copyright.PENANAjA5Bem4S6m
in all manners of ways.112Please respect copyright.PENANAbw5eGFSdjn
(still it was never enough.)
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“who taught you to hate your freckles?”112Please respect copyright.PENANAeA3Bwj6ohD
she did, tracing constellations on my cheeks112Please respect copyright.PENANAhiyy2sRL1C
with a permanent red sharpie until it looked like112Please respect copyright.PENANA3ukAgs0dXF
i had wept thousands of scarlet tears.112Please respect copyright.PENANAFkIuXPLvL0
(i spent all night scrubbing it to no avail.112Please respect copyright.PENANANhlteXMq4L
she offered no help, only a faint smile at my struggles.)
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“who taught you to hate your skin?”112Please respect copyright.PENANA1cFpIERFMu
she did, with her languid tongue and112Please respect copyright.PENANA1NUqjK2acV
knife-sharp jabs. too pale, not tan enough,112Please respect copyright.PENANAGpYCuak7BA
she said, running fingers down my arm,112Please respect copyright.PENANAtbrSTrXy3t
like a vampire, coming to suck blood.112Please respect copyright.PENANAVLB0dxz0Ad
(i dug my nails into what made up my outsides112Please respect copyright.PENANATLAF7b3cLG
and tried to pry it off my very bones.)112Please respect copyright.PENANAeCNFDzaDPk
i’m was left with only scars.
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“who taught you to hate your bones?”112Please respect copyright.PENANAFRIvgLKaVQ
she did in late nights spent curled together112Please respect copyright.PENANAYWgduweHpg
in the back of my pick up truck, poking112Please respect copyright.PENANAsiJX4d9HRE
and prodding at my body, saying that112Please respect copyright.PENANAPNCjsoidbd
i must be pretty big-boned to weigh so heavy.112Please respect copyright.PENANAo3ECH5xm2N
(i dug my fingernails into my thigh, peeling back flesh112Please respect copyright.PENANAJnPqAT4xAd
until i could claw away at the bone hidden beneath.)112Please respect copyright.PENANA9Mu02h4AWj
the hospital tutted and bandaged me up,112Please respect copyright.PENANAhWDXXPCHV5
and stuck me into a small box with a self-proclaimed112Please respect copyright.PENANAyCguTm57zC
therapist whose only job was to make me feel worse.
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“who taught you to hate yourself?”112Please respect copyright.PENANASt0ffC3wG9
she did with her loaded gun questions112Please respect copyright.PENANAl42UxhcIPc
and sketchy answers. late night calls112Please respect copyright.PENANAqKKPaD0zWz
of ‘i love you’s’ and tired apologies112Please respect copyright.PENANA8phUOCFbtv
when it was never truly my fault.112Please respect copyright.PENANA2rPLaluIRX
she taught me to hate myself.112Please respect copyright.PENANAnWcbuBwlGf
(what is love if not another form of hate?)