Cuticle Remover
Cuticle
Kyew-tic-cull
Remover
Rubbed into my
Cuticles
To remove them
Ingredients are
Water
Caustic potash
Calcium carrageenan
Oil
Lanolin
Caustic is acidic
Isn’t potash potatoes
Why would that remove
My cuticles
They are such a starchy treat
Chopped up
Cooked in olive oil
Calcium for your bones
And your cuticles apparently
Carrageenan like bubble gum
It sticks to your teeth when you chew it
What kind of oil
From olives or the rapeseed
Does it matter
To my cuticles
And lanolin
From the sad sheep
Spending their lives caged
All for human whims
Their wool coats
And their manicured moisturized hands
But anyways
Back to the cuticles
They whimpered
But it was good for them
Softened them up
Ripe for the cut
Then they’re gone
And my hands bleed
I cut too much away
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Written on April 17, 2019
Submitted by crystalpup97 on April 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 778 |
Words | 143 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 7, 2, 2, 4, 6, 4, 5 |
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