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(First on love, second on heartbreak.)
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her tears taste like honeydew with a39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZzReJ1mBL
hint of extraterrestrial redshifting.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOVtG4RyKf
she walks with the grace of moonlight39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnlyz8VnPq
and has eyes like protostars.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5MqHm0JBX
she’s not quite up to societal standards,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUUiNcxer9
and she lives in the future, not the past.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8mJuC6IfB
i still chase after her anyways,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZyq8sFS2B
tail wagging, tongue lolling like the dog i am.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfedNrNgvf
CW: SH, body dysmorphia/body image39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TCVaJ4SCy
who taught you to hate?
“who taught you to hate your hair?”39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZC4p4MyMGV
she did, with her idle remarks39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPhxEwpMWZ
about how it would look better curled.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxGuU86F8e
(i curled it into long ringlets.)39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHUFqJsXNA
then she said it would be better short39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQembjSjAY
(i chopped it all off with a swiss army knife.)39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdfqRV2N3U
it’s been bleached, stained, and cut39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARwbA1rnrQ
in all manners of ways.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tWmUjDsKZ
(still it was never enough.)
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“who taught you to hate your freckles?”39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMHDkcaoPa
she did, tracing constellations on my cheeks39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcV5F9XehQ
with a permanent red sharpie until it looked like39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMmFlkG2L9
i had wept thousands of scarlet tears.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoj68d2I4V
(i spent all night scrubbing it to no avail.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAURw5gAoJz
she offered no help, only a faint smile at my struggles.)
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“who taught you to hate your skin?”39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4b7pO0G6m
she did, with her languid tongue and39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CKlwuHPiv
knife-sharp jabs. too pale, not tan enough,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65s45Nx3N7
she said, running fingers down my arm,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1oJBSMRre
like a vampire, coming to suck blood.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WGWtEyYNO
(i dug my nails into what made up my outsides39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kVqgnI7pX
and tried to pry it off my very bones.)39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoST7K0MqR
i’m was left with only scars.
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“who taught you to hate your bones?”39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIrE3Xyaez
she did in late nights spent curled together39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbzEpPU2l0
in the back of my pick up truck, poking39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41Nx9dbHIT
and prodding at my body, saying that39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXkH30Kwkb
i must be pretty big-boned to weigh so heavy.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uJoVcqyfz
(i dug my fingernails into my thigh, peeling back flesh39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTTkzkuBuN
until i could claw away at the bone hidden beneath.)39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjvS3XuLeE
the hospital tutted and bandaged me up,39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ369lD7whRg
and stuck me into a small box with a self-proclaimed39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6Z6E5JeEw
therapist whose only job was to make me feel worse.
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“who taught you to hate yourself?”39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4CgnWxxu0
she did with her loaded gun questions39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uoxCBEMJl
and sketchy answers. late night calls39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIObrQxGzTy
of ‘i love you’s’ and tired apologies39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAFW4uW8JC
when it was never truly my fault.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBa8Oh7RhPG
she taught me to hate myself.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDPxoTRrBf
(what is love if not another form of hate?)
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