man lying on floor and painting multicolored lines on face

The Artist, OctPoWriMo Day 5

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Written by Sascha Darlington
man lying on floor and painting multicolored lines on face
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The Artist


I fell for an artist
who broke my heart
using one single swishing
brushstroke of vermillion.
I’d thought him passionate, sensitive
but cold seared fingertips
exacting his brush
cold seared fingertips
exacting her skin
cold seared me
as I enacted revenge.

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