Perpetually hungry
I witness grub daily
Cook, chew, consume
My sonnet, before I vomit
Acidic bile, my Nicky Haley
Never just once in a while
It won't stay down like Fury
I wait and wait
For the round-the-clock grand jury
Sentences viscously handed down
With little to no warning
Judge, uncaring
Locked up, because
Retching isn't very fetching
You see
It's not death row but it might as well be
No body dysmorphic disorder here
Except of love to be heavier
No absolution, just prosecution
Teeth dissolve from the pollution
Appendages tormented
Form indented
Skin and bones, lament long lost stones
It's hard to stimulate concentration
Or even plain old motivation
The constant frustration brings no relaxation
Rivers of night sweats, the crib is soaking
Sleep forever fucking broken
Suicide watch - every half-hour
I'd rather take the Jeffrey way out mate
Without a doubt, assisted
Instead, I change the bedsheet
Persistently
But it's nothing to do with heat
This nocturnal farce
The rashes, the itching
The scratching, the bitching
Crimson tides ooze from open lacerations
To Doctors morbid fascinations
My cranium lies submerged
Cradled at the bottom of the Mariana Trench
Life is not better down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Every tooth clenched
Overt pressure
In my brain the dreams of M.C. Escher
The bells ring out
Quasimodo yodelling in each ear
Other sounds become unclear
Like the vista from my peepers
Blurry
I cannot see this ever blowing over
Jeepers fucking creepers
What a wonderful world
Just not mine
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Author:
Audite Degenerem (
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