He handed me a pair of pliers
and he told me to pull out his teeth,
because as long as he had them he’d
use them to do bad things.
You’re cold on the inside,
there’s a dog in your heart
and it tells you to tear everything apart.
My body’s covered in teeth marks.
Your bite’s worse than your bark.
You ruin everything you touch and
destroy anyone you love.
You’re all over me.
He’d sunk his teeth into the flesh of many others,
infecting them with whatever was already inside him.
He’d broken all their hymens,
cut them open and played inside them.
He’d hollowed out their bodies so
they’d feel just empty as him.
You’re cold on the inside,
there’s a dog in your heart,
and it tells you to tear everything apart.
You draw blood just to taste it.
You hold bones just to break them.
You ruin everything you touch and
destroy anyone you love.
You’re all over me.
-Nicole Dollanganger
2 comments
Painful and perfect. Thank you for sharing your poetry.
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