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i don’t toy with their hearts
unless they hand them over willingly
begging me to tear at their ribcage just enough
to teach them the spelling of pain
at half past three in the morning
i have cradled her for eons
don’t remember what my gait feels like
without her gentle weight
etched into my palms
since my baby teeth started falling
like angel tears on our hardwood floor
her and i have grown attached at the hip
siamese twins
when i try to untangle myself
she tells me i am nothing
all because a little part of my pelvis
and my extra head
are missing
when she is gone
i am forced to face the dark (k)night outside
rather than rest in the soft void that grows in my eyelids
when she makes me cry,
soft, like a tormented babe,
i will tear my eyes from the ground and meet her gaze
i fall in love with her a little bit more
every second.
at 22 years old
her snake-less body
was one of wonder
to the man
at 23
it carried nothing but scars
and asps wrapped in her braids
heroes raged
at her independence
and at their own mortality
turned their hearts to stone
then to dust
all the while
the pit in her own
stayed dark
the boa on her forehead
still hissed
its sacred song