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I'd Rather Be Cocaine

A Poem

By D351Published 2 years ago 1 min read

Dull aches

My back

And chest

Nothing really heals

Nothing gets fixed

We just get used to it

And we just get used

Until our broken selves

Are memories of scattered shards

Becoming sand

Then dust

Powder that can't be broken

At my last I'm baking sugar

Sweet without substance

To be dissolved into something better

Can I be a part of something beautiful?

Because on my own I'm falling apart

And too strong a flavor to desire

If you try to love me

You will hesitate

Cough

And choke

And I will dissipate into the air

Unchanged

I can not break further

I can only be sweet

And empty

And cloying

And ultimately

Bad for your health

And certainly not what you wanted

sad poetry

About the Creator

D351

trans manic goblin dream girl who chain smokes candy cigarettes and sings along to septic pumps

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  • Kendall Defoe 2 years ago

    Sense and sensation go together well in this...

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