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skullhips

Published: Sep 6, 2015

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_{i hope my children will
live without knowing how
it feels to be a poet; they
don't deserve to hurt

they don't need
to tattoo the name
of the boy or the
girl they love onto
their hearts, with
eyes open wide, eating
away at their inner
cheeks because they love
the t a s t e of
_self-DESTRUCTION

(the body is the
temple of}

g o d ;
_{a vessel of divinity
but we are not angels, we
are men and women sold to
each other for five cents,
ten extra if you're a virgin,
call me crazy, i'm fucking _in^saⁿe

i'm starting to care less, why
should we work harder if we just
die in the end)}

_{my children will tell me
that i should pick up the
gun if i don't give them
materialistic things; so
unprepared, i'm hella
scared::::

"what the fuck, mom?"
"you don't love us at all!" "bitch!"

bitchbitchbitchbitchingchildren,
how can you not understand
this economy: i thought that
you would die for love and
not for greed; you'll
marry men with ca$h pouring
from their silicone hearts
and then you will want me
to help you <_escape> when
you realize that this was
not what you wanted, this
is the opposite of american
freedom and now you're learning
the concept of slavery

(you're welcome)

i hope my children will
live without knowing how
it feels to be a poet; they
don't deserve to hurt

i hope my children will
die knowing that i cared;
i hope my children can
take the world in their
palms and make it a better
place}

~roses~

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just one month left of day-after-day poetry. i'll still write poetry of course, but probably not every day. unless i do. but i think you get it lmao

so anyways, i hope you liked the poem!!