Support Group
“I’m only slightly suicidal,”
the pretty girl in the corner reveals.
“It’s been a month since my last attempt.
The doctor says I’m improving.”
the pretty girl in the corner reveals
bruised and scarred arms.
“The doctor says I’m improving.
They’re starting to heal.”
Bruised and scarred arms
hidden by others in the circle of chairs:
they’re starting to heal,
regrowing like front garden marigolds.
Hidden by others in the circle of chairs
are lies slowly resurfacing,
regrowing like front garden marigolds:
“I’m only slightly suicidal.”
-MWE
6 March 2002
