let’s play the unravelling game
pick at loose tiger threads
until the big orange pelt
comes down around your ears
you didn’t want to be a ragdoll
you’re sorry about the holes
if a speech was called for
you’d explain but no speech
is called for / no one’s listening
you say sorry the sockets
that don’t match, but your
whole life is still blunt ends
that won’t smoosh together
that’s why you dreamt of tigers
soft neckfur & swatches
to risk more than just standing
here naked and holed
to rest your neck between teeth
pick at loose tiger threads
until the big orange pelt
comes down around your ears
you didn’t want to be a ragdoll
you’re sorry about the holes
if a speech was called for
you’d explain but no speech
is called for / no one’s listening
you say sorry the sockets
that don’t match, but your
whole life is still blunt ends
that won’t smoosh together
that’s why you dreamt of tigers
soft neckfur & swatches
to risk more than just standing
here naked and holed
to rest your neck between teeth
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