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XVII. The Star – Reversed

they say its healthy

to be aroused by your body,

but I      find it bad to be aroused by it

one day my time wont be wasted

from looking at myself

in the shower with bewilderment,

mortified

by the monthly drainage of rust     

seeping from the valley that splits my thighs:     

blood.

blood.

     all I see is blood, 

heads split open 

blood –

missiles from the war

blood –

cluster bombs replacing the heavens

blood.

they’ve come for 

(Blood)

voices and sirens

leading to my demise – blood

sirens, whispers, paranoia, replacing the birds

voices, gossip, looking afraid, grabbing my tail.

blood,

obsessive compulsive loss of will

lead in my blood.

earth is mother 

and mother is forsaken,

colonized my body

stole my soil

raided my womb

settled in my cradle and tomb

blood,

bled out by the scalpel

sold my organs

blood!

terrorized my children

blood!

erased my elders

sanctioned my seed

capitalistic greed

forced sterilization 

bleed!

violated my sanity

vanity

filled out your ego

aggression

from trauma to regression

blood,

blood.

the pimple I      pop

the cream and eye drop

blood

plasma

the light-bulb burst

no warmth, no hearth.

blood 

no don’t touch the bottle

that’s tar

blood.

stop the live stream

no dead children

look that’s a star.

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