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Sawn

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Sharp jagged edges tear through my skull
running backwards and forwards
creating heat, as only your words can

Nerve ends jangle
trying to understand the sensations
of torn skin
of bone displaced
of blood in strange, new places

Then comes the ultimate reward -
my mind is opened

 

Based on Emily Dickinson's quote:

"If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off I know that is poetry."
 

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Harry O'Neill

Mon 7th Nov 2016 23:10


I read this while having a violent flu-headache last week...there is something right about the way the words are strung together.

<Deleted User> (13762)

Mon 31st Oct 2016 08:43

Ouch! - well written David - nothing like a literary lobotomy to start the week and release the flow of words - thanks for the bloody image.

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