{"id":894,"date":"2010-11-24T15:53:18","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T15:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=894"},"modified":"2010-11-24T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2010-11-24T15:53:18","slug":"mari-binx-says-this-is-what-passes-for-happily-ever-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/mari-binx-says-this-is-what-passes-for-happily-ever-after\/","title":{"rendered":"Mari Binx says this is what passes for happily ever after"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love Me<\/span>

Love is never enough<\/span>
so build me a bed out of all those romance novels<\/span>
where happily ever after is the result<\/span>
no matter how it's written or hidden behind other words.<\/span>
Spread the blood that has pumped from every broken heart<\/span>
that never was mended by love,<\/span>
saturate the pages<\/span>
and take the tears that fell from eyes<\/span>
(eyes like the ocean, eyes like the night sky, eyes like whatever)<\/span>
that no one stopped with gentle fingers<\/span>
or kissed away with soft loving lips<\/span>
and use those tears as lube while you degrade me.<\/span>

Don't make love to me<\/span>
fuck me atop it all<\/span>
record it to put online or show to your friends<\/span>
that pathetic woman that did whatever you ask,<\/span>
and when it's over don't give kind words<\/span>
don't cuddle or touch me and certainly don't utter<\/span>
false promises of love and caring.<\/span>
No, take that strike anywhere match<\/span>
and tear it across my alabaster breast<\/span>
(the one that had heaved with desire or sobs before,<\/span>
I can never tell which anymore)<\/span>
and light that cigarette you'll smoke.<\/span>

Don't offer me a puff, or false promises of a later call,<\/span>
just sit and watch me critically in the glow of the ember<\/span>
and I'll lay there and watch you<\/span>
compare you to prince charming who never comes<\/span>
and you can compare me to those broken dolls of porn stars<\/span>
perfect bodies belonging to imperfect souls.<\/span>
We'll part our ways from that blood soaked bed<\/span>
knowing that if we see each other again<\/span>
like strangers we'll pass by<\/span>
each pretending not to notice the other<\/span>
yet judging, ever judging<\/span>
because that's what passes for happily ever after now.<\/span>



* Mari Binx<\/span> is a 23 year old who began telling stories the moment she could speak, and writing them down as soon as stubby hands could hold oversize pencils. Her blog is at <\/span>http:\/\/harmoniousexpressions.blogspot.com\/<\/a>

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