

VacantThe Anorexic tells meVacant
she is addicted to fading away. She will starve disappearing into nothing. Tree rings hide under her bracelet the fresh alongside the faded, pain carved loneliness. The goth kids wear black, the gays sport rainbows,
and the indifferent write apathy across their faces. Walking billboards advertising mass produced individuality. Competitive narcissism, searching for an even match.


PrologueI ran out of tears in the seventh grade, with charcoal masquerading as a heart, at least one was present, unlike the singularity that currently weighs me down. Nostalgia has too much gravity; it balls up in my chest distorting time and space. I cant breathe and I wonder if time is holding still or if this is what is known as a panic attack. I feel like Ive been flung into a faded memory of a movie I saw in the distant past. I cant help but fantasize about slitting my wrists. The trick of course is to call the coroner first. I would prefer to clean up my own mePrologue
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"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there are only walls."
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Says he's a poet
This time he's gonna blow it
'Cause he's dancing with his ego
I took a vow of silence
When he reads his work to me
I swallow words like a placebo
-Flesh Mechanic, Placebo
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