Done.

you degraded me
denounced me
delivered me to your demons
dressed me up in decadence
and drenched me in your semen
I was nothing more than a pink anemone
a decoration in your dead sea

instinctively you doled out to me
the derision I was needing
you dizzied up my Disney cup
and hated me for bleeding

you dug a hole
I dove right in
and learned to love the dirt
you dug a hole inside my heart
and asked me if it hurt

dust to dust
another done deal
be grateful I was on the Pill.

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Author's Note

I was not a teenager when I wrote this poem but I damn well should have been. I was 25.

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Amanda Harris, Mar 17, 2014

Holy shit this is a good read.

Exactly what I need right here, right now.*

Lynn Beighley, Mar 18, 2014

I love the pairing of demons and semen. *

Misti Rainwater-Lites, Mar 18, 2014

Ha! Glad y'all enjoyed. Gracias.

Steven Gowin, Mar 18, 2014

Damned dark, but then we get the last line, and I have to laugh.

Sam Rasnake, Mar 18, 2014

Jake Barnes, Mar 18, 2014

Oh, that last line! Ha ha. *

Gary V. Powell, Mar 19, 2014

"instinctively you doled out to me
the derision I was needing." I've known men and women like this all my life.*

Misti Rainwater-Lites, Mar 19, 2014

"instinctively you doled out to me the derision I was needing" was inspired by a line from "upside down" by Diana Ross. The boyfriend who inspired the poem was into disco. We actually met at Polly Esther's (a disco/retro dance club) in Austin.

Thank y'all for reading and appreciating. Laughter is always bueno.