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Self-Portrait
(My heart is bleeding and i/i
do not cry/i swallow)
i saw my face in a darkened window/
just now ghastly pale and drawn/I
stopped stunned at the death-masque
staring back at me/dubious tribute
to
(My heart is bleeding and i/i
do not cry/i swallow)
my survival/My lips drawn taut
against my teeth/withered with the
words they had to speak/toughened
by what could no be said/
lest
(My heart is bleeding and i/i
do not cry/i swallow)
shattering the world with the
poison of my song/i love/
Jagged scars devoid of caring/have
carved themselves a niche
above
(My heart is bleeding and i/i
do not cry/i swallow)
my tired lips/sucking daily
deeper at the marrow of
my affections/starving to the
bone of
(My heart is bleeding and i/i
do not cry/i swallow)
humanity is deserting me/My eyes
have only the coldness of/
charred crevasses that
no longer bleed/like
(My heart is bleeding and i/
ido not cry/i swallow)
everything else withers/They look now
for prey/to feel what was never
given/examine each auspicious
tenderness
(My heart is bleeding and i/i
do not cry/i swallow)
like a brightly shinig toy to
be studied then returned. That
is love
eros
agape
philia
storge
(My heart is bleeding and i/i
do not cry/i swallow)
the world must gain color when
love is returned/a ribbon of
energy/blade-edge bright
I only want to steal/a
single drop/that would
be enough to quench
(My heart is bleeding and i/i
do not cry/i swallow)
my thirst/I think/
i am not real/
only a hungry shade
circling those worthier children
for meat/they who yield
not even scraps.
My heart is bleeding and i/
i swallow the blood i/
do not cry though i bleed/
i die nourished/by the meat of
my silent screams./
(My heart is bleeding and i/i
do not cry/i swallow)
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