Very Bad Archive
Are You There, Sister?
Claudia Skipper
While my sister cries out from across the hallway
I wonder if she's gone crazy, it has been like this for months.
Her mind is built with this framework of sadness
The doctors break it down with those blue tablets
And she passes out and loses her memory.
I don't even know how she keeps doing this, but at least I feel okay.
I mean, who the hell can she blame?
As the winder gets darker, so does her mind
She hides in her room, trying to escape reality
And she finds herself alone.
She writes him letters never to be sent.
Her heart breaks as she pleads.
The flowers bloom out of the frozen ground
She feels better now, she feels so proud.
Her eyes are green, just like the trees
They bloom before her eyes.
And, oh, we're so surprised.
We thought she was gonna die.
Claudia Skipper has published 2 more terrible poems since joining on 30/11/99. Read more of Claudia's terrible poetry at the anthology. Here are three of Claudia's latest works: