oh pretty pretty

you were beautiful once
before you picked up that knife
and cut and cut and cut
(and you liked it)
you bled out strange fetishes
because scarred skin felt sexy
under your black-nailed fingertips

so you penciled around your
hollow blue eyes
and dyed your blond hair black
carefully stabbing silver through
your ears, navel, nose, and mouth
until your reflection screamed
“fuck you babydoll
i ain’t nobody’s princess”

and oh
pretty pretty ballerina girl
do you ever miss yourself?

1/25/08