Sweet Hibiscus Tea by Penelope Scott

Here's the thing, I can't do anything right

Try as I absolutely, totally might

The bones are melting, the skeleton is ash

The clavicle detaches and falls with a deafening crash



And I'm not your protagonist

I'm not even my own

I don't know anything

I don't even know what I don't know

And if you look outside you'll see

Disintegrating trees

The artificial way the sunlight bounces off the waxy leaves

My heart catches on every thorn

You're already halfway out the door

And I've never looked so old

And I have never been so cold

And it is 85 degrees

I don't know what I need



There's lukewarm herbal mango sweet hibiscus tea

On the hot garbage pile in which I fucking sleep

The walls are empty, it's so ugly

I could burn the whole place down

It wouldn't catch

'Cause all the posters are on their way to my hometown



And I'm not your protagonist

I'm not even my own

I don't know anything

I don't even know what I don't know

And if you look outside you'll see

Disintegrating trees

The artificial way the sunlight bounces off the glitchy leaves

My wet heart catches on every thorn

You're already halfway out the door

And I'm so tiny and so old

And, God, it's never been so cold

And it is 85 degrees

I don't know what I need

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