Tempura and Turpentine
Your lips are made of paint,
and I taste the egg tempera
in your saturated pigment.
My heart is made of ink,
and I see indigo bleeding
from your wet eyes.
Your blood is made of primer,
and I smell the fumes of
your sickly sweet perfume.
My touch is that of turpentine,
scrubbing you away until
you
are
nothing
at
all.
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Written on January 06, 2024
Submitted by LadyPhantasmagoria on January 06, 2024
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 318 |
Words | 70 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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