Sunday, April 7, 2013

Bittersweet



she’s filled with sores
like a cloyed mouthroof
upon eating too much candy

she knows there’s nothing
authentic in the sweetness
of watermelon bitters

yet the craving lingers
a hope—should engineered
saccharine morph its base

she counts, in multiples of 8
the ways to smother herself
in his noxious syrup

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