8 . late august armor

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I sink my teeth into bedlam and

close my eyes against the feeling of

it dripping down my chin and pooling in

my collarbones, traveling further into

my heart and infiltrating my bloodstream,

marking the very things that I am made of

with its snake-like tongue once and for all.


I welcome conscience with bared teeth and a

wicked smile, I open my arms to devilish fingertips

and their sneering creations. I am buried in

these white crystals and relish the

feeling of being slowly suffocated under

the weight of December; I relinquish control to

the ice gods, I do it with strength.


Short days cannot break me;

I made you, I control you, I will not admit my fear.

-

rm

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