darling girl, that heart simply will not fit in there
July 28, 2009
she cuts you open like the surgeon
she failed out of school to be
looks inside to find the carcass of a butterfly
deep between you sternum and spine
but with hair aflame she seems so comforting
you just laugh as she laps at the blood
and stitches you up with dental floss
when you think back on the scars
made by more professional women
you realize there is nothing better than
the touch of an amateur
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