An emulation of the song Drunken Sailor by the Irish Rovers

But I can only hold back the tears... so many times

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~ Ten years of age-- Phys-Ed teacher tells me that I need to wear my skin like an elephant wears its skin. "What does an elephant's...

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~ Spinal column a stairwell of books, rungs of untouched vertebrae avoided by the bibliophile herself [myself]. Brain is wired...

~ ⚠Trigger Warning; the following poem contains subject matter pertaining to suicidal ideation and self-harm ⚠ ~ A note to any friends...

~ ⚠Trigger Warning; the following poem contains subject matter pertaining to self-harm ⚠ ~ I would records tally marks on my wrists in...

⚠Trigger Warning; the following poem contains subject matter pertaining to self-harm ⚠ ~ "These violent delights have violent ends."...

volume iii. starve your darlings ~ ⚠Trigger Warning; the following poem contains subject matter pertaining to eating disorders ⚠ ~ Been...

~ ⚠Trigger Warning; the following poem contains subject matter pertaining to self-harm ⚠ ~ One afternoon in the tenth grade, I am sent...

~ ⚠Trigger Warning; the following poem contains subject matter pertaining to self-harm ⚠ ~ Even when we have Phys Ed outside, and it is...

~ ⚠Trigger Warning; the following poem contains subject matter pertaining to self-harm ⚠ ~ I am sitting in ninth grade English class (or...

~ ⚠Trigger Warning; the following poem contains subject matter pertaining to self-harm ⚠ ~ In the beginning, I used Bic pen caps safety...

volume ii. putting on my face ~ ~ Step 1: Floss Cover Girls don't wear breakfast between their molars. Step 2: Brush Teeth Until the...

volume i. a portrait of my sixth-grade self ~ ~ Eleven-year-old fingers swollen with baby fat dig into the gaudy sheen of turquoise...