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mytwohands in my bag is a bottle of vicodin
a bottle of sleeping pills,
a bottle of cough syrup,
and four razor blades.

ive been making little slices all day
and staring at all the things i consider
to have any toxicity,
but i guess im as weak as i thought.

now all i have is an array of cuts
on my left wrist, covered by strings
of gold beads and dried blood.
my face is red and swollen--
i finally remembered how to cry.
and i think of my family,
and the room i am locked in,
and the people who surround me

and i cry because i want to leave them
and i cry because i can't
and i cry because they won't let me.

if they loved me, they'd say,
that they know dying would make me happy,
and that they wouldn't blame me
for being so selfish.

but what they don't see
is by making me stay
they are being selfish too.
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