For Elizabeth

requires nothing

hungers

like a dog

begs for more

until every glass

start singing

but it turns

your movements

your hair becomes

will feed it

to a friend

hate her a little

it’s started again

sorry puppet

your jaw

ravenous waiting

with emptiness

almost ask it

nip at your ankles

taut leash

first halt

hates bees

like a dog

vomits on your shoes

sucks milk

is dry

or at least

cakes your skin

become monstrous

wild like its

while you’re gone

who can’t have any

stupid infertile bitch

it’s put on

stuffing your face

an aching drawbridge

for the house

 

to wake up

push you down

your paces align

then heel

prefers empty hives

eats too fast

licks it up

from solitude’s straws

so you think it might

fall asleep

to mud

like it

mind no one

you can’t lend it

it makes you

what are you saying

your skin now

with nothing

it won’t shut

to flood

until you choke

to have something

on the floor

you learn

then stay

The Loneliness Monster by Amie Whittemore


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