View this as you would an unruly child throwing his toys out as he demands acknowledgement - ATTENTION! I’m a virus but common colds don’t threaten anyone these days. So there you go. Here’s Oscar-winning penicillin.

Tunnel vision rips apart the stupor
I can’t remember if I am a liar
I must be stopped-stripped-nailed back to a circle that
I analyse & draw conclusions from

A moment to describe some weakness:
A child feeds ducks & runs in the sun
21 years later a greasy confessional
New sin. New tones. Quick smiles.

View me as you would a fat cunt whinging about their sweating folds, crying on every bite, begging to be big enough to be a Jeremy Kyle martyr. I’m a failure as a human but fuck me anyway babydoll.

Another birthday, drink to the dark closing
I’m praying someone will smash my fucking face in
I must be stopped, stripped back to a circle so
Decadent, luxurious, I observe myself

Half-speed, chewed, gnawed, torn, burnt-out, rotten
I’d like to stop hating but at least anger’s active
And when I was 16, 28 was senile
There’s no end, you- don’t recover, you- fail

Down to a dot with the darkness closing in
I’m at a total fucking loss, but fuck me anyway
I must be stopped, dragged back to a cradle that
I despise & tear my future from