have
you considered that maybe i am not pleasant?
maybe i
wear lipstick so that
you
will see my pretty pink mouth
wrapping
around a coffee cup lid
and be
distracted enough not to notice
that i
am intelligent and powerful;
a
threat.
maybe i
draw my brows into high arches
so you
will look at my unimpressed skepticism
and
overlook my spiteful glare
as a
trick of my silly, girlish routine.
maybe i
wear my heels so high and thin
so that
i grasp your attention with the sway of my hips
as i
listen to the click-clack-click against the floor
and
know that if you should try to overpower me
i walk
on sharpened knives.
maybe
when i laugh at your worthless jokes
i am
really baring my fangs
waiting
patiently for the day
that i
sink them into your neck.
i am
not made of porcelain pleasantries;
you
will find that these things are my armor
to keep
you at a distance
so you
do not step on me and shatter
my
fragile control.
i am
not a husk — i am not wilting.
i am
turning my head
so that
the fire blazing through my eyes
does
not catch on the accelerant of your sweaty palms
and
burn your bones to dust.
i am
not your pretty girl;i
am
a fury, a faerie, a phoenix —
a
forest of werewolves and wendigos
that
will carve out your chest
so that
the next time i paint my pretty pink lips
i will
taste the copper tang of your dying
breaths.
R.K., I
am the Wolf Only Contained
11 faves · 2 comments · Mar 15, 2014 8:08pm
death ramps*
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1 decade ago
http://thenemeton.tumblr.com/post/74887803165
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i_love_british_things · 1 decade ago
this is amazing!
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