Poetry Blogs (realization)

you give money to patreons
and gofundme
cos the content looks neat
but won't bat an eyelid
to the homeless dying on the street

take a photo with them
do it for a couple of likes
meanwhile when winter comes around
they're outside dying on anti-homeless spikes

this is a raising epidemic
doesn't it make you feel sad
that could be your brother
uncle
mother
dad

as the rich get richer
an...

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Regrets--
pierce and nerves scream
as needles probe the pump
vessels spurt
& ruby life pours from
unzipped ragged
meat flayed open.
The terror .. the shock
I'm overcome
convulsing

Damage report:
spells doom,
Quivering dissected,
anatomically exposed,
circuitous arteries
spray rhythmic
leakage ..
threads of red
stream down

Drained...I'm sinking,
mortal...I'm dying

Fr...

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The hand reached into the pocket and pulled out lint. Expecting the worst, the lint was a better gift than anticipated. A cop asked me if there are any sharp objects she should know about, I say, "no", knowing that I have dirty tricks up my sleeve. I am arrested. It could always have been worse. So could I. But here I am. Jail Cell. Alone. No friends close. No bail. Alone. Surrounded by humans ...

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