i know
it might be odd
to find a correlation
between the marquis de sade
& a painting
however
i found one
as a young teen
i would always jest
i could utilize anything
to write with
pencil crayon
eye-liner
lipstick
charcoal
during the film quills
the marquis was furnished
with both ink & parchment
as a result of being too controversial
punishment stole all tools
i don’t think society comprehends
if a writer’s tools are taken
THEY WILL ALWAYS
FIND A WAY
the marquis used his own blood
and excrement to form letters
on the walls of his cell
i can’t imagine if anyone
were to take away all my journals
or gel pens as they make me feel
as though my fingers are engaged
in a figure eight as the gel bleeds
onto the paper
better than going
CRAZY
inside a dark oubliette
that forgot
you ever
existed
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