Scarlet's Poetry Den - Litany of Scars - Notes to a Missing Lover

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"Litany of Scars - Notes to a Missing Lover"

N O (Listen to the poem in RealAudio G2)

No,
I'm not complaining.
Not about a damn thing.
Honest to God.
I just look like it.

I enjoy being beaten and raped.
Except I'm not being beaten and raped.
I just look like it.
I enjoy it.
Can't you tell I'm smiling?

Now you're telling me
I asked for it.
Asked for what?
I see nothing.
I hear nothing.
I do nothing.

Except I do.
I'm lying about everything.

Are you confused?
Good.
I'm not.
Not about anything.
I just pretend.

Don't you know this is Easter?
I'm caught in the middle
of Good Friday and Monday.

I'm being reborn, resurrected
- very painful process.

I could be turning into a rose
or a cat
maybe sprouting horns
- probably all three.

Meanwhile, I'll goggle my tongue
at the television.

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