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the romanticization of self-destruction
i. you have to talk about these things,
can't let it sit underneath your tongue and rot,
rot,
r o t.
can't lock your secrets in your ribcage—
can't sit silent. can't stay quiet.
ii. drags you down like lead,
so you talk like air. wispy, light,
wispy,
light,
wisp, wisp, whisper, whispering secrets
and you don't scream. don't scream.
iii. can't talk about these kind of things,
can't keep a secret. can't share one.
speak your words and pretend it's not a secret,
shamed—
ashamed. not my fault, fault, fault, fall—
iv. trick, trick, trickster god's got a silver tongue,
got golden lips and a throat filled with honey,
so they se