This is a set of two poems :3 149Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6qKwrZWIO
(First on love, second on heartbreak.)
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her tears taste like honeydew with a149Please respect copyright.PENANATGLK9Ji8c5
hint of extraterrestrial redshifting.149Please respect copyright.PENANAelfCjuBC0T
she walks with the grace of moonlight149Please respect copyright.PENANAX3VqkoIrWH
and has eyes like protostars.149Please respect copyright.PENANAUntnO9IQ94
she’s not quite up to societal standards,149Please respect copyright.PENANA9t5XsldR5A
and she lives in the future, not the past.149Please respect copyright.PENANAN3tSF4DnEb
i still chase after her anyways,149Please respect copyright.PENANAn3DOukXaLi
tail wagging, tongue lolling like the dog i am.149Please respect copyright.PENANAe4CiXcHJ10
CW: SH, body dysmorphia/body image149Please respect copyright.PENANA4loffz2RaN
who taught you to hate?
“who taught you to hate your hair?”149Please respect copyright.PENANApDkNLyZknu
she did, with her idle remarks149Please respect copyright.PENANAJxu69mVrXs
about how it would look better curled.149Please respect copyright.PENANAUR1Hvs7TEU
(i curled it into long ringlets.)149Please respect copyright.PENANAQTTvZR5iup
then she said it would be better short149Please respect copyright.PENANAXXrKWunqMW
(i chopped it all off with a swiss army knife.)149Please respect copyright.PENANA62mpaap3n3
it’s been bleached, stained, and cut149Please respect copyright.PENANAs4zI4NWtlk
in all manners of ways.149Please respect copyright.PENANAtJFLrBE3Js
(still it was never enough.)
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“who taught you to hate your freckles?”149Please respect copyright.PENANAWOx6DNAXVc
she did, tracing constellations on my cheeks149Please respect copyright.PENANAGK4XDKuVGY
with a permanent red sharpie until it looked like149Please respect copyright.PENANAz0Hh6UBYaQ
i had wept thousands of scarlet tears.149Please respect copyright.PENANARgfPy7j5JA
(i spent all night scrubbing it to no avail.149Please respect copyright.PENANAbZty9OWVXj
she offered no help, only a faint smile at my struggles.)
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“who taught you to hate your skin?”149Please respect copyright.PENANA7gXCEnieGP
she did, with her languid tongue and149Please respect copyright.PENANA2dsggVdspF
knife-sharp jabs. too pale, not tan enough,149Please respect copyright.PENANAlMpugRt4CR
she said, running fingers down my arm,149Please respect copyright.PENANA77WTV2OhXA
like a vampire, coming to suck blood.149Please respect copyright.PENANA4NPXKnyAlB
(i dug my nails into what made up my outsides149Please respect copyright.PENANAZxB7U2QyEJ
and tried to pry it off my very bones.)149Please respect copyright.PENANAeBafdXL31D
i’m was left with only scars.
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“who taught you to hate your bones?”149Please respect copyright.PENANAaYQnnk1vCZ
she did in late nights spent curled together149Please respect copyright.PENANASqwZFWkcmt
in the back of my pick up truck, poking149Please respect copyright.PENANA6aujA15RRA
and prodding at my body, saying that149Please respect copyright.PENANAT6qdjQzPe6
i must be pretty big-boned to weigh so heavy.149Please respect copyright.PENANAVABD3NAyHs
(i dug my fingernails into my thigh, peeling back flesh149Please respect copyright.PENANAm4L61qe9Kq
until i could claw away at the bone hidden beneath.)149Please respect copyright.PENANATbFOKJKaaU
the hospital tutted and bandaged me up,149Please respect copyright.PENANAjOrhDLLIVl
and stuck me into a small box with a self-proclaimed149Please respect copyright.PENANAOV6fbXL8Up
therapist whose only job was to make me feel worse.
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“who taught you to hate yourself?”149Please respect copyright.PENANAi5SxtvdGWT
she did with her loaded gun questions149Please respect copyright.PENANANyKBghVJks
and sketchy answers. late night calls149Please respect copyright.PENANAdDnCWVAee5
of ‘i love you’s’ and tired apologies149Please respect copyright.PENANAE2kqyHOCIP
when it was never truly my fault.149Please respect copyright.PENANASnpORP13Xi
she taught me to hate myself.149Please respect copyright.PENANAevKKOWa0XD
(what is love if not another form of hate?)