the world refused to hear me today
there was a great misunderstanding on the line
everything buzzed, the helicopter spun a billion times
preventing me from expressing myself in any way
the line broke; my voice was misheard
inconsistent with the state of affairs
in a hostile environment
where my needs were never met
and all my strengths
dropped after just one phone call
and what it sounded before
like favourite worst nightmare
now it’s merely a surviving scrape
slovenly make-upped face
and washing off tattoos rejecting to befit my body
only to show me
that there is no way
but to cut the line on all of them
and enjoy the blissful change
of my soul’s renewed shape
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