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Ice pick

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By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 2 months ago • 1 min read
Ice pick
Photo by Braxton Apana on Unsplash

I can’t wake

wake

Wake

wake

u—-u—-

up

The static energy is flipping my brain like an overcooked burger

I——

wake———-

Can’t——

can’t ————can’t——

wake

You took the ice pick

and said, “Shove this up

your nose,

To get inside your brain,

Baby.”

we will make the nasty whore parts go away

We will stop the stupid

We will block out the rest of you

“Lobotomy Blues, baby,” you sang to me sweetly

Wake

Up.

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About the Creator

Melissa Ingoldsby

My work:

Patheos,

Fanfic account

The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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    Written by Melissa Ingoldsby