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Black Widow II

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September 21, 2013

Black Widow II by ~AeroModo is a highly experimental piece that highlights a dysfunctional, abusive relationship in a powerful way, the suggester describes.

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Aerode

Published: Jul 19, 2013

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Literature Text

away

i'm going ~~to break~~ away

drain

i'm
in
the
drain
of
drains
and
slowly
being
spun
downwards
and
downwards
and
downwards
and

down
wards.

thirteen

Mom's rose garden grew beneath the steps, and I did too. They weren't aligned and it bothered me. I always tried to fight it but she would come down and lay her hand on my bare skin and whisper, "They aren't growing."

And I would be red like the roses and blue like the violets.

She grew beneath the steps too.

past

notlookingforthepastorthe f u t u r e e e e e e

set

set down the lighter
put it down.

don't make it brighter.

I set the roses on fire.

ingenuity

she never knew I them on fire.
I set them on fire.
her hands on my bare skin and whisper,

they aren't growing
roses were red
violets were crumbling
soon they were dead
petals
were
tumbling.

fungus fungus
fungus fungus

she grew

too
steps
the
beneath

hide
H
I monster monster monster monster monster
hide me D monster monster monster monster monster
E ~~mother~~
vulnerable
M
E

me

leave

me

stone

can always
be cut
into

p
i e
c

e

s

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