actually, i don't like calling people i don't know liars...
but i am pretty sure that statement is false.
wait, now that i think of it maybe no one ever said that at all - - -
the point is hurt happens even in dreams.
hurts.
sometimes i say my body hurts. my body hurts.
sometimes i say my heart hurts. my heart hurts.
those are both aches. aches. is there a difference between hurt and ache?
someone said to someone else, "i want to hurt you."
that someone was courteous to give sufficient warning.
someone thought to themselves, "i will hurt her."
that someone is an asshole.
i am not hurt, but i know what it feels like to be
to be in pain
but
but
but
what about the good hurt?
the sore you tongue over and over
the lip you bite repeatedly
the nail you press deeper and deeper into your cuticle
the bloody bed sheets
the throbbing thighs in spin class
the calloused ass from the bike seat
the over-eating stomach stretching painful fullness
the excessive coughing up a lung in a circle of friends
the never ending coughing up both lungs in a smoky vehicle
the laugh until your sides split, spline splinters, splat.
what about all that?
and the dreamland let's us feel without consequences.
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