stale cologne
colonizing the room
where I just want to be
alone
where I just found peace
for a moment
can I just have a minute
to think
or breathe
or need.
When did I last eat?
Be pretty.
Be skinny.
Be smart
but not smart mouthed.
Be out spoken
but not too loud.
Be sexy
but don't show too much.
Don't give it all
but you have to give enough.
You're a commodity baby
Sell me,
but don't MLM me.
This is the infinite
loop of society
everyone has a price
and a vice
or they'll give it up
for free
likes
How cheap are you?
Zero hearts...
zero stars...
they could get me
for next to nothing.
About the Creator
Ellie Hoovs
Breathing life into the lost and broken. Writes to mend what fire couldn't destroy. Poetry stitched from ashes, longing, and stubborn hope.
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