Universal Innocence
Let pretend for a moment
I didn't learn, didn't
know
how
to use words like a scalpel
cutting skin from flesh
and flesh from bone
to tear apart
to rend
but never mend, because
I was never any good
with a needle
Let's pretend
the days didn't gather
and collect, didn't crumple up
like piles of used tissues,
a tear-stained, snot-gummed
clot
of regrets
Let's pretend
universal innocence,
or ignorance. White wash memory
into a
blank slate
then,
we can pretend
that the spiral
doesn't
just keep spiraling on,
time
flushing
down
the john
just
keep pretending
you
didn't know
didn't learn
how,
too
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Note: Inspired by the prompt offered by Bloody_Mary666, which was a quote from her dad, "Good and evil are illusions set by society. Good is what benefits a group of people, and evil is what benefits one person, or even no one at all. In the end, it is all defined by greed."
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The Poetry Project
PoetryThe Poetry Project was ongoing from early 2013 through April 30, 2014. It invited readers to submit prompts, which I turned into poems. The prompts were quite varied and let me stretch my skills, like doing calisthenics. The project is over, but th...
