the Pessimist

Each tooth is a stitch in a rag doll smile 
Every fingernail a shard of glass that I broke
Each stretch mark a grisly burden that inches on for miles
Every breath in the cold night a reminder that one day I'll turn to smoke.


-anna sluder

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