I Say I Say I Say
Anyone here had a go at themselves
for a laugh? Anyone opened their wrists
with a blade in the bath? Those in the dark
at the back, listen hard. Those at the front
in the know, those of us who have, hands up,
let's show that inch of lacerated skin
between the forearm and the fist. Let's tell it
like it is: strong drink, a crimson tidemark
round the tub, a yard of lint, white towels
washed a dozen times, still pink. Tough luck.
A passion then for watches, bangles, cuffs.
A likely story: you were lashed by brambles
picking berries from the woods. Come clean, come good,
repeat with me the punch line 'Just like blood'
when those at the back rush forward to say
how a little love goes a long long long way.

(Simon Armitage)
(Mr. In-Between has regretted posting this ever since, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 0:04, 1 reply)

I never tried to do myself in
by means other than drugs and booze but I have an inch long scar along the vein in my wrist making it seem as if I did. Cant even remember how it happened.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Wed 13 Aug 2008, 12:23, closed)