STALE BLOOD

Stale blood
Drips from my body daily
The doctor says
Let’s wait and see
I go through the motions
Collect the bottles
Try not to think what it’s doing to you
What it’s doing to me
My dogs love me
I know that much
They order my sanity
To still find a smile
I dreamed last night
We cut down a tree
I’m still analyzing
Now from a backseat
I wait six hours
The man with the loud voice
Won’t shut up
He’s going to see his lover
I watch to my left
The sun through the trees
I feel like a child
A very small child
But I am a woman
Who wants to stop bleeding
Who wants to escape you
I never dreamed I’d want to escape you.

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