The award
Who has left this up my nose?
there is a skip full of mucus
am I a junk yard?
these fingers cannot leave it alone
they twitch for a digging pleasure
my skin pricks for the debris is sticky as a fetus
and I do not feel any smoother
oh breasts and avalanches, the iceman picks me
clinging to walls like snot
I am gouged out with a big nail
by the pimp who has everything:
the jaw, the open neck
he speaks French and has one expression
I am in the place where speech kills anyway
goodbye to the nursery slopes
I am ready for the big jump
it is Easter
I am pretty as an egg and will roll
I lift, a pupil from the white eye
for a moment I am blind and full of joy
you are the skiIl that shuts me down
I am sold in a blink
but still I want my uses for myself
where are they?
tied in the black bag
I can hear a snivel from the bin
oh refuse collector, I must be dissatisfied with my rubbish mother
she will not break me until, until
my cry is a pin and swallowed.
there is a skip full of mucus
am I a junk yard?
these fingers cannot leave it alone
they twitch for a digging pleasure
my skin pricks for the debris is sticky as a fetus
and I do not feel any smoother
oh breasts and avalanches, the iceman picks me
clinging to walls like snot
I am gouged out with a big nail
by the pimp who has everything:
the jaw, the open neck
he speaks French and has one expression
I am in the place where speech kills anyway
goodbye to the nursery slopes
I am ready for the big jump
it is Easter
I am pretty as an egg and will roll
I lift, a pupil from the white eye
for a moment I am blind and full of joy
you are the skiIl that shuts me down
I am sold in a blink
but still I want my uses for myself
where are they?
tied in the black bag
I can hear a snivel from the bin
oh refuse collector, I must be dissatisfied with my rubbish mother
she will not break me until, until
my cry is a pin and swallowed.
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