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isolation, serenity through masochism.

by Andrew S Adams

she aches of porcelain and cigarettes,
a stained soul and broken everything.
she is everywhere, detachable, fully accessible
and never complete.

she is marked up, sold. bought.
blind statuette is not oblivious,
she can feel herself breaking;
she is only a masochist.
chip apart her abuse,
uncover the drains she's circled.
discover the only truth she's ever known,
one of broken hearts and
breaking tears of glass,
and a gaze transfixed on what
she's always seen.
she smokes another. and another.
white porcelain nicotine stained,
fragmented and destroyed.
take another drag;
how many until she is
unwanted
unharmed
left in peace?

how many until she becomes (w)hole again?

09/06/2003

Posted on 09/07/2003
Copyright © 2025 Andrew S Adams

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Cole Miller on 09/07/03 at 04:18 AM

i can almost completely relate to this character... now if i just pick up smoking....

Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 09/09/03 at 10:30 PM

Powererful enough to blow the nicotene stained tusks off a bull elephant at 500 yards. Wish I had written this Andrew...glad you did!

Posted by Max Bouillet on 09/10/03 at 10:07 PM

Striking and articulate portrayal and characterization. Your word use is impeccable. Thanks for posting.

Posted by Cymbre Dolphay on 09/10/03 at 11:45 PM

Wow. I loved it. Every word had me more and more addicted ;) The image really sets the imagery of the poem in your mind too. Great one:)

Posted by Ginette T Belle on 09/15/03 at 10:00 PM

wonderful flow...nicely written...

Posted by Melinda Sordino on 09/16/03 at 04:24 AM

i love it...almost makes me want to go outside for my own cigarette, as i am the character and she is me...almost frightening

Posted by Jolie Jordan on 09/16/03 at 04:43 AM

This is amazing.. I'm stunned.

Posted by Karl Waldbauer on 09/16/03 at 06:33 AM

Max said it all. This poem left me feeling a distant, masochistic ennui. How delightful!

Posted by Michele Schottelkorb on 09/16/03 at 01:19 PM

this poem calls to me... right up my alley written in the style i embrace... excellent imagery on such a sad subject... i love it... blessings...

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