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toking
"doing it again" by toking Mark Unseen   Feb 16 17:48 UTC 1999

"doing it again"

ok so I've done it again 
and I'll do it again
and god help me,
I'm doing it again
but it's not the same anymore
it's not rehashing
not rehersing 
not performing 
to that same old script
this is something new
even if I am doing it again
this is cleansing
burning
scaring
carving it away
layer by bitter layer
skin by bloated skin
but I'm so thick
and I just don't see the peeling 
coming to an end
so I keep rubbing
I keep scratching
and god help me,
I'm doing it again
picking at tender flesh 
until the blisters pop
and the skin is just so sore
and I've rubbed it all raw again
and whatever I touch
is made of salt or tobasco
and I can't help but take it to my heart
and hold it tight 
until it runs away
in yellowed red 
and rivulets of long forgotten fears
god help me,
I know that this will end,
but I'm doing it again
6 responses total.
logansan
response 1 of 6: Mark Unseen   Feb 17 18:15 UTC 1999

        I know this feeling ... you have really put a shiver down my back with
this ... 
toking
response 2 of 6: Mark Unseen   Feb 17 19:54 UTC 1999

thanks :)

(linked to the new poetry conf)
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