Cognitive Behavioural Teresa
︎︎︎ Maya-Róisín Slater
︎ Dec 21, 2024
To exfoliate with spugna and orange wine
is a sign of my knowing
that glowing cryptosphere
from which all sadness originates
ecstasy lies amongst quietude
speaking by heads in-interior rapture
I grew amused at mine own stupidity
and cauterised the prevailing sensation of form
to make way for cerebral surrender
there would be no intermission
or gossip in the house of the princess
I played planets as seven sackcloth dolls
swoon-like
each with a room, their own sensible sweetness
and sovereign attributes
“Alone never changes”
carved it on my bedroom wall one night
overwhelmed by pellucid humility
it’s exhausting living
at Googling
will I go to hell for killing a fly
level of anxiety
the sisters said cleanse worry
with daily hygiene ritual
when thoughts impact against your mind
grind the boundaries
into a fine mineral powder
add sprudelwasser
and smear the paste,
higgelty-piggelty,
around your lymph nodes
This tradition
passed down among the acid-owning classes
results in that
“You’re saved”
feeling
It did
remove certain illusions
lanced by the loving concept
that everything must pass through the hands
is a sign of my knowing
that glowing cryptosphere
from which all sadness originates
ecstasy lies amongst quietude
speaking by heads in-interior rapture
I grew amused at mine own stupidity
and cauterised the prevailing sensation of form
to make way for cerebral surrender
there would be no intermission
or gossip in the house of the princess
I played planets as seven sackcloth dolls
swoon-like
each with a room, their own sensible sweetness
and sovereign attributes
“Alone never changes”
carved it on my bedroom wall one night
overwhelmed by pellucid humility
it’s exhausting living
at Googling
will I go to hell for killing a fly
level of anxiety
the sisters said cleanse worry
with daily hygiene ritual
when thoughts impact against your mind
grind the boundaries
into a fine mineral powder
add sprudelwasser
and smear the paste,
higgelty-piggelty,
around your lymph nodes
This tradition
passed down among the acid-owning classes
results in that
“You’re saved”
feeling
It did
remove certain illusions
lanced by the loving concept
that everything must pass through the hands
Maya-Róisín Slater is a writer living between London and Berlin.