"The Slugs Inside"

Marabola: Poetry
Comments:
April 2007
About the parts of yourself that you dislike.


The slugs inside have always been
inhabitants of dawn and dream
reminders of my sins unseen –
they’re dwellers in my head, I mean.

The slugs inside don’t like the chill
they slide outside when I feel ill
my ears, my eyes, my nose they fill –
and in my skin they’re never still.

The slugs inside, they hurt and hate
their whisperings can never sate
my doubtful mind, and at this rate -
their slitherings will not abate.

The slugs inside, sometimes they sleep
not too quiet, though; not too deep
salt can scatter them like sheep -
relentless, though: soon out they creep.

The slugs inside serve to remind
of rotten fruit, its skin and rinds
lost memories and passing time –
I love them, though, the slugs inside.



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