freckled darlings

They’re killing my darlings

I’m letting you die

Without a last breath

Piano fingers crust stiff

Darlings obedient. Lie

They’ll never take my Oxford comma

That’s where I break and piece it apart

Take the apple, the core, the skin

Peal it apart

I always have a backup black tip

The paper will survive it

Before it’s Frozen stiff. Back to the start.

Cul de sac curls over balanced bikes

I’m killing my darlings

Cities push grids to marry Baltic Seas

Drowning my darlings

If they were ever here. It was you dear.

You peeled the skin

The parts I couldn’t reach

You cored the joins

The freckles I couldn’t scratch

Darlings hiding, clients waiting

The degree is over. Summer’s our teacher.

Kill the darlings

Kill them please

That’s your power. I’ll invoice later.