Raw, bitten, and bloody
Fingertips of anxiety
On furniture and flooring
Snowflakes of anatomy
I'm caught in the threshold of okay and insufferable
Torture is the completion of run of the mill rituals
Buttoning shirts hurts for believe it or not digits
Grimacing at paper cuts; patching up the divots
I've become numb to the wasp's constant stinging
Plotting the clotting of molasses-type bleeding
Like Pavlov's experimenting a dog's dinner bell is ringing
Surrendering to consequences of cannibalistic cravings
It's an unconventional appetite commonsense can't explain
Inelegant self-mutilation, repentant preference for pain
Masqueraded humiliation of self-inflicted shame
When did this quarantine get so out of control?
A hand of hors d'oeuvres before the horrifying show
Ten prisoners executed by a firing squad of citrus
Quenching the thirst of the warden and the witnesses
Every white blood cell rebirth
A masochist's merry little Christmas
Gifted, Pandora's Box of Band-Aids
Peroxide permeates as reddish-pink regenerates
Mirrors hiding medicine reflect a familiar reflection
Antibodies are counselors discouraging my addiction
No glamour or bravery fighting this fixation
No cure for the crisis without trustworthy conversation
Cocktails and painkillers are respectable rehabilitations
I'm a liar and a deceiver, an eleventh-hour groveler
Clemency I beg of the omnipotent governor
Pardon the death sentence of another ten prisoners
Halt the annihilation of another ten fingers
Daughter so impressionable
Dreaming of nirvanas
A hereditary problem
The recurring piranha
Wife so worried
Transfixed, tender, and lovely
Sponsor me with delicate violence
With affectionate hostility
Unwind this endless twine of fury
Rescind this senseless call of duty
They are my judge, they are my jury
They are my alibi when I am guilty