{"id":89763,"date":"2021-06-26T11:37:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T15:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=89763"},"modified":"2021-06-26T11:37:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T15:37:18","slug":"hour-three-lucifer-was-an-angel-once-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/hour-three-lucifer-was-an-angel-once-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour Three – Lucifer Was an Angel Once, Too"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I only know how to trim my wings with nail clippers.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never been one to maintain good looks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not that I don\u2019t want to look good,<\/span><\/p>\n

But I do not have the energy<\/span><\/p>\n

To gel my hair, brush my teeth, or flatten my belly<\/span><\/p>\n

Without wishing for the nail clippers to be machetes.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I only know how to trim my wings with nail clippers.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never been one for heights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sure, I\u2019ve gone ziplining before,<\/span><\/p>\n

But the way the adrenaline<\/span><\/p>\n

Quickens my blood pressure<\/span><\/p>\n

Makes my bones hum to a tune<\/span><\/p>\n

That makes my skin itch.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I only know how to trim my wings with nail clippers.<\/span><\/p>\n

I guess I\u2019m not an angel,<\/span><\/p>\n

At least not one God would like to keep around.<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if I believe in God,<\/span><\/p>\n

But if He is real,<\/span><\/p>\n

I doubt He likes me.<\/span><\/p>\n

He must have poisoned my mind with Eve\u2019s apple juice.<\/span><\/p>\n

He must have planted the seeds in my esophagus.<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know how else I could have grown to be<\/span><\/p>\n

So dependent on others\u2019 kindness.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe it is their action that is supposed to cleanse me.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I guess I only know how to trim my nails with fantasies.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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