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suppression.

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there is something maniacal in the air: 
the laugh of a pixie-waif.
a bambi with a shaved head, wrapping her purpled fingers around her wrists,
wringing them,
choking the feathered pulse.

she curls like a cat,
looks twice at the door,
no more.

the stitches hurt
when they want to,
when the skin decides
to free its bonds
from the slippery phantom body

soon skin becomes a fluttering slip, a wind
caught in the ensnarement
of muscle,
encapturement by force of vein.

the shine of petrified bone
is apparent, like
a marbled, heavy arrangement
of sweet, nodding fig branches
made pale by the moon.

her eyes are the strangest,
as they pass
through a lapse between
life and death,
as the 
windows to the soul
quietly become windows
to another world,

a place of implied silence
and haunting grace,
where pain is a metaphor
for every truth,
but you feel it anyway.
really enjoying writing right now.

wish i could paint like i used to, it's been months.
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2anotherworld's avatar
the whole thing is wonderful, such creative imagery, but the last stanza is just perfect, it drives the whole thing home and gives it added depth and meaning in such a way that just makes you want to read the whole thing all over again xD awesome work! xD