Hunger Strike
Sometimes I get nostalgic
for the nights when
I would sit in a chair
naked,
trying to choke
a gurgling bong,
hoping not to wake you
as you stretch out in my bed.
The vague light from the street
pooling up on your white breasts.
And I ask myself
why I bullshitted you.
Made you think
you were the first
to come
and last to go.
When you never
asked to be.
I go over again
the mornings after.
Where you would
dissolve behind
a strangers car door,
starving.
And I would
lie in bed,
famished.
Each of us never
risking to ask
the other
if they were
hungry.
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Submitted on August 14, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 532 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 8, 6, 3, 5 |
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