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Best Poems Written by Beth Dougherty

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Useless Bodies

Useless bodies
They roll around aimlessly
Ram into anything they can destroy

Their own pleasure.
Their own entertainment

It's all about them,
Let them live.

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Liquid Tar

There’s tar on the floor,
Two, or three, or five, or more,
Don’t know why I’m counting, there’s nothing in store.

Sticky and dark, there’s nothing to read
You don’t rid of it, it will only breed.

Strong, loud, conscious

Living, living, living.

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Messy

A fraction of home,
Can she come to me? See?
Ignore the useless bodies,
They can’t have what’s mine.

Can’t even tell what’s a lie,
What is living? (Living, living, living.)
Why do you come back?

Dread is all it is,
It can’t hurt me, but my home SUFFERS

My hands are gross, coincide with my arm,
One is insecurity, the other is selfish.

Do you drag? Do you wait?

Why do you stall?

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I'll Help You

See’s clouds are beautiful,
Rolling, unique, and soft,

Her rain is toxic,
Poison leaving a dark matter on your forehead.

See’s mouth is sharp,
Destructive and kills the clouds,

Kills what once was beautiful.

Hope lives in the cracked mirror,
The one her father hadn’t loved,

Fill the cracks, let it scar,
But the clouds will roll beautifully again.

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Inside-Out

Body rejects itself,
Bone-dry and like a furnace,
It burns alive, kill
It is sand, dead

Dig two graves,
Refuse to rot,
This isn’t revenge.

Hate the body,
It’s nothing but problematic.

One ear open,
Stay somewhat conscious.

Maggots crawl in the body, tearing under the skin,
Refuse to rot, feel it inside-out.

Fling a rope,
It will not reach,
YOUR BODY isn’t strong enough.