Running for Sugar Hiding in the Hollow

Kittie Phoenix
Kittie Phoenix, the Next Edition
2 min readNov 17, 2017
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I drove through Purgatory Hollow
On my way to Sugar Run.
I know those names were changed so long ago,
And yet in my heart the changes don’t stay.
It’s funny —
I know Sugar Run is at the end of Purgatory Hollow,
And yet Purgatory Hollow seems like it goes on forever.
My heart is lost,
And this time of year is my Purgatory Hollow.
I know I’m out,
And life should be a Sugar Run.
However, my mind and heart
Hide in the hard, dark hollows
Of purgatory past.
I can’t expiate the damage I’ve done,
And there’s no sugar coat
For the words I never should have said.
I have a new man,
And he’s no sugar daddy,
But he’s sweet and pleasant and kind.
I can’t keep coming to Purgatory Hollow,
For that would be unkind to him,
And almost an affair of the heart
That never was.
He can’t keep sucking me
To Sugar Run annually
Because that’s not fair and just for him.
You stopped caring
Because I kicked you under a shield,
But all you felt was a kick that trapped you.
I can’t stop caring
And I so do care to stop.
Cleanse me of the purgative darkness;
Shrieve me of this ungodly mess;
Sweeten the hollows of my unhallowed heart.

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Kittie Phoenix
Kittie Phoenix, the Next Edition

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