dissection

Broken down, boxed up, piecemeal

Bite sized, agreeable, unrevealing

Poked and prodded, roars to seal up, put on display

Copious heartbreaks as keepsakes

Serving as testament to tolerance

Gorged on bones unpicked and hoping

An intact stomach's an accomplishment

Broken down, boxed up, piecemeal

Bite sized, agreeable, unrevealing

Poked and prodded, roars to seal up, put on display

Copious heartbreaks as keepsakes

Serving as tеstament to tolerance

Gorgеd on bones unpicked and hoping

An intact stomach's an accomplishment

Wearied and trialed in the standstill, whispers deafen

As the quakes take over

Look right through and

Burn all the holes that you need to get in

Bite my tongue so hard it cuts clean right through

And it tastes like the blood that kissed the

Earth that I long to leave in search of reprieve

Perused for scraps, deficiency, inalienable lack

Going through motions

Live through this to be pulled right back

Perused for scraps

Heart shoved in the mouth

For the lesson of silence as bliss

Helpless pet rolls over and over again and again

Perused for scraps, deficiency, inalienable lack

Going through motions

Live through this to be pulled right back

Perused for scraps

Unheard and unseen, surreptitiously smoldering

Left to rot

Sullied contemplation, just to take it all for granted

Sadistically forsaken, hollowed out as demonstration, shaken

Subdued, reduced to whimpers

Rightfully diminished

Wrapped around a trigger-happy finger

Sickly sweet marionette

Subdued, reduced to whimpers

Rightfully diminished

Wrapped around a trigger-happy finger

Sickly sweet marionette

A noxious and inculcated humility

Humiliating and undeniable futility

Taken down a peg, can't get much lower than this

Helpless pet rolls over again

Kept in check, never dare to deviate from

Pained cries hushed, never dare to scream

Insides picked apart, excruciatingly pristine

Cultivated, eviscerated

Trivial, minuscule, imperceptible

Lacerated, turned inside out, decimated

Dehumanized for amusement

Enshrouded in panic and confusion

To persevere through nightmarish reality while burying dreams

It happens over and over and—