something 
 

in the brain 
 

is arsonic 
 

as in 
 

an arsonist 
   

(funny because 
                   it sounds like      
                           the poison.)    
 

your arsonist 
 

wants you to 
 

drink 

the poison 
 

smoke 
 

the poison 
 

steal 
 

the poison 
 

and 
 

    set fires with it 
 

maybe 
 

shatter the mirror 

shatter the bones 

of your fingers 

five

(tear as in rip) 

four 

(tear as in cry) 
 

three 
 

(shred as in tear as in rip) 
 

      two 
 

(shred as in thread as in hope) 
 

one. 
 

(no) 
 

      (no) 
 

(no)                                              (no) 
 

(no)                   (no.) 
 

i need those. 
 

instead flicked 
 

my lighter until 
 

it left a blister

 

on my thumb 
 

(blister bliss blister 
bliss blister bliss) 
 

poison bled 
 

into 
 

every word, 
 

called it righteous 
 

(anthropomorphism= 
personification for psychos Psych majors) 
 

and you 
 

listened 
 

to the arsonic brain 
 

and you 
 

became 
 

an arsonist 
 

and you 
 

set fire 
 

to yourself. 
 

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