jealousy is a beach ball drowned
by sunscreened arms in a concrete pool
it shoots out of the water of your belly
with thunderous propulsion
the burn of lightning struck
charring insides
cold as frostbite
with ashen organs collapsing in its wake
because it's not a chosen emotion, jealousy
it's an avalanche
an unbidden storm
arising from the hurricane heat roiling in your spleen
it'll collapse any breakwater that's kept your chest from flooding up til now
leave scorched earth stretching from your gut instincts
up to that lover's heart of yours
& all the way back down
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