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the water has frozen over

my heart pumps the sound of apathy

yet, I couldn’t care less.

i walked out into the cold

just to feel something

that wasn’t you.

Painting my lips pink and curling my hair

is my remaining desire.

I’d rather have sharp nails than a boy with soft lips.

But who needs nails when my tongue does the trick?

I don’t care for boys games anymore.

One choked me, but I didn’t feel it.

One yelled at me, but I didn’t hear it.

I’m at a bottom of a pool

surrounded by muffled sounds

and swirls of ink

dare i touch the pills or simply sleep?

One problem is traded for another,

but maybe I found love in numbness.