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Post Natal Oppression

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Scorched baby skin sticking
Fast to the breast of the mother
Fingers wasting away
Tiny bones hooking into the
Eye sockets of the mother
Frantic haunted sob
Razor blade teeth sunk into the
Loins of the Virgin Mary

Hollow eyes seek out others
In corridors and rotting parks
Do you love like I love?
A sacrifice of empty rooms
Of soul and sodden flesh
This is love, this is love
And does it feel
Like they said it would?
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mortalpsyche's avatar
I've gotta admit, it's not bad. It's very blunt and direct, but the ending was the part that got me.