Cicatrix

[heslopian]

The tight fleshed girls of summer's lease
drink beer on the porch and dance.
I see them oft in strange outfits

tailored to hide certain segments
while exposing other skin.
Beneath the fabric I suspect

lies the cicatrix, the white tissue
sewn over wounds
which all cutters have known.

Obscene healing! How you cure
with such disdain, as though to mark
young girls like Cain,

steer menfolk away from them,
lest the dark hysteria
drags another to the dirt.

[billy]

for me the poem was the 1st 3 verse. the last two felt a little too brimstone and fire stuff.

i thought the 1st three were a great observational piece of poetry with a keen insight into cutters.
wasn't keen on "oft" jmo
thanks for the read.

[heslopian]

Thanks for the feedback Bilbo