My ankles are knocking again and
My throat is swollen shut
since I swallowed my fucking heart
Without thinking of consequence
And now the nervous cramping
that others call butterflies
is causing sweating and nothing
will ease the hormonal suffocation
or this feverish nicotine type addiction
That keeps drawing me back to you…

Poet and Author originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, and a lover of words, expressions, and creativity. Mother of one, Member of the Ohio Poetry Association, a former member of the California Writers Club, Winner of the Barry Wright Scholarship for Poetry, and consummate Dorothy Parker, Nikki Giovanni, and Chuck Palahniuk fangirl.
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