<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=540668" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Numb</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">That trip to the dentist left me uncomfortably numb</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> There was blood in my mouth on my gum</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> A tooth missing</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The wind blowing against me</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Senseless to trauma</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Drowsy limbs stumbled</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Across roads</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Over fallen branches and streets</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> With unfamiliar names</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Like 'uncomfortably numb'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Married 23 years and two months</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The gate flapping open</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Like loose skin</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> And the unchosen choices</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Taken</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Those familiar blocks that mark</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> In and out</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The name that was nothing to shout about</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Easily lost in an archive</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Uncomfortably numb</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Dreaming of rivers and sunrise</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> And an afternoon off</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Feeling nothing but gas and air</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> And speechless</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Child without a scream</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Waiting silent in the corner</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> As a maternal torturer feeds you</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Nut cake and cream</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Blood on the sheets</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Blood on the spoon</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The pain of pleasure</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Did it come too soon? </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> marigold farquart browningsworth</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> aka yvette smith</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Yvette+Smith">Yvette Smith</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=540668" data-title="Numb de Yvette Smith" data-description="That trip to the dentist left me uncomfortably numb There was blood in my mouth on my gum A tooth missing The wind blowing against me Senseless to trauma Drowsy limbs stumbled Across roads Over fallen branches and streets With unfa..."></div> </div> </div>

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