Although the age-old
subliminal cut was clean
and painless
but no one ever knew
why I carried on
with my theatrics of
extreme pain
well after the curtain dropped.
They tell me I will live
for a very long time
but the terms I foresee
are tied in scaffolds
that go up to
where I will not be able
to breathe.
Taking a fall from suffocation
will never be a sin
in this excruciating cramp that
binds me to all of you
and we must all
learn to get over with.
