No, No, Pinocchio

Grab that puppet 

Snip its strings

Dip the nose in

Kerosene 

Strike some matches 

Watch them gleam  

The puppet is drinking

Gasoline 

Flames leap lively, 

Light reveals

Wooden liar boys

Can never be real 

Less A Lie

Yes

Yes 

She is less

Less 

Of  a 

Lie 

Than 

Me

trending: telling the girl what to do

Girl, wash your face and count to three...(he ran to someone who wasn’t me).

Girl, stop apologizing and just breathe...(this is where you see you're free).

Girl, open your eyes wide and see... (fairytales are cautionary).

Girl, wash your face or leave and make do...(streaked mascara as a face tattoo).

Girl, stop apologizing for wrongs that aren’t yours...(salvage the damage and build a door).

Girl, open your eyes and take a look...(it’s about time to write that book).

~~~*~~~

:: One year and a handful of months later, I wrote on the last page of my Morning Pages journal today. It is literally time to start a fresh chapter, and even a whole new book ::