Pavlov's Promise

Abrasive in nature
but with a learned apathy.
Monuments erected and
Carelessly shoved aside
to the corner
of her room.
-Blood Stained panties;
for times of the month
where both your body and your
father made you bleed.
-Smoked Cigarettes;
the ones you inhaled
after each tragedy
and suppressed memory.
-The unfinished crossed
out drawings
Loosely bunched together
and bound with twine.
(Your darker moments you
try to hide.)
-the lipstick container
with all its empty glory.
Where its only remnants
trace around the base
of a swollen
penis
one more swallow
and the pain is free
one more swallow
and the bottle is empty