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I am bleeding.

Horror of horrors, I am bleeding.

This, kids, is what happens when you play with knives. How foolish I was to attempt to cut a tag off my shirt with a penknife. I should have let my little sister do it for me.

And now here I am with a wounded finger. It may not be a fatal wound, but still it bleeds. Look at it...dripping,
dripping,
dripping.

I rummage through a drawer in search for a plaster, leaving little dots of blood in my wake. It doesn't look dramatic enough, so I smear the little dots into medium dots. I would prefer them to be large dots, but there isn't enough blood for that.

I find the plasters. We've run out of dinosaur plasters and I have to make do with a regular flesh-coloured one. Curses. I don't like flesh-coloured ones because they camouflage too well against the rest of me. If no one notices it, who will fuss over me?

MY MOTHER WILL!

I shakily make my way downstairs in search of my angel of nurturing love. I hope that I do not pass out before I get to her. The last time I passed out from a cut, I woke up again before anyone found me. That was more upsetting than the cut.

I stumble from room to room, already dizzy from blood loss. "M-mom?" I call out in a tremulous voice. How can she be playing hide-and-seek at a time like this? I try again. "MOM!!!" I bellow.

"WHAT?!" Her tender reply drifts in through an open window like music.

I slowly make my way to the window through a haze of pain and lean out. There she is, my beacon of comfort, sitting with the dog and scratching her chin. The dog's, not my mother's.

"Mommy, I cut my finger." My voice trembles with the effort of staying conscious. "Look." I shove my finger towards her.

She doesn't look away from the dog. "Mmm. Stick a plaster on it."

Duh. "I brought one. Stick it on for me."

"Do it yourself. Your dog's enjoying her scratch."

I glare at the dog. She is indeed enjoying herself. Too much. Her eyes are shut in ecstasy as my mother (MY mother, MINE!!!) lavishes attention on her. My dog (MY dog, MINE!!!) doesn't bother to inspect my wound either. Let's see how she likes it when I bleed all over her (the dog, not the mother) in bed tonight. Bitch.

I turn away from the window in rejection. In dejection. In heartbreajection. As I make my way back upstairs, I hope that my finger bleeds on the floor. Bright red blood on the cold white marble, cold as my mother's and dog's hearts, to confront them as they walk in.

It doesn't happen, my finger has stopped bleeding.

But my heart hasn't.

Categories: Ouch [t], Family Matters [t]

sad.. so sad..
» jase (60.53.0.22) on 2007-02-11 11:06:21

Neglect is always tragic.
» theZEBRA on 2007-02-11 11:11:34

*hugs* Parents and people tend to neglect us as we grow up.. and when things turn out to be bad, we get the blame.. Do you need me to help you with the plaster?
» Nuttz on 2007-02-11 11:56:53

I'm assuming you're not typing as events play out
i recently cut my thumb with a really big and sharp knife. (it's a cool knife) Next time try pinching the ends of the cut together to make it wider.

I like how you say "plaster," I say "Band-Aid." Yours is better
» middaymoon on 2007-02-11 04:37:43

pft. if i were you, i'd grab a knife and make the cut bigger. that'd equal more blood dripping = more attention! gotta go what it takes, jme!

p.s. - i got the tantric sex guru.
» bUttsH4k3r (87.102.77.56) on 2007-02-11 06:37:34

Aiyoooooooo.. Drip red water color on the floor lah
» Mindy (130.220.79.178) on 2007-02-11 07:01:04

Nuttz: Plzthnx. *Holds out her finger*

middaymoon: I typed with my toes.

bUttsH4k3r: Ooo, another guru of love. And why bother with a knife? I should've just ripped into my finger with my teeth.

Mindy: So. much. effort.
» theZEBRA on 2007-02-11 09:20:48

You would easily get published if you wrote a book. Name it 'Ramblings of a Big Baby'. :p I like your humour though, if you were attempting to be humorous, hehe.
» Beaman (172.188.94.86) on 2007-02-12 02:07:32

Hehehe...my dear zebra is such a drama queen! But I love it!! :)
» Carrot (62.254.32.17) on 2007-02-12 05:39:30

*Grabs the defibrillator*
I won't let you die on me!

*Rubs paddles together*

Clear!

*zzaappp*
» ManOfDarkSunglasses on 2007-02-12 06:03:23

i ♥ your blog. =)

Sandman/Neil Gaiman is the BEST!
» frostbitten on 2007-02-12 07:08:07

Beaman: Thanks! *Gives you a lick*

Carrot: I'm just trying to get your attention so that you'll come home.

MODS: But the light, the LIGHT!

*Is pulled back towards the dark tunnel*

Noooooooooooo!!!

frostbitten: Yes, Gaiman is GOD!!!
» theZEBRA on 2007-02-12 10:22:06

Aiya! You sudah big girl mah, independent woman!

And anyway, it's the job of the hunky boyfriend now to lick your wounds. And anyplace else.
» Paul (60.48.184.76) on 2007-02-13 10:15:56

Paul: I'll have to find one first... Where's one when you need a helping tongue?!
» theZEBRA on 2007-02-13 10:44:03

next time if this happens again.. just use your bloody finger to "pat" the dog
» fred (219.95.32.86) on 2007-02-13 01:27:59

fred: I'll stick it in her eye.
» theZEBRA on 2007-02-13 02:26:47

You're a lazy bum lah
» Min (202.7.183.130) on 2007-02-15 08:17:52

Min: And you're heartless. :p
» theZEBRA on 2007-02-15 08:27:44

yeah... where is the twink la jamie? lick my wounds also! kakakaka
» jase (60.53.0.22) on 2007-02-16 04:53:23

jase: Get your own twink.
» theZEBRA on 2007-02-17 09:27:55

I'm rejoicing. Thanks for the the welcome.

» Centipede on 2007-02-19 03:16:20

Have you seen Hot Fuzz yet?!?
» Chloefoxx on 2007-02-21 06:07:36

Pity Pity
I never knew zebras have fingers... Hahaha.. Nonetheless... You're lucky so many people here is offering to help you... Maybe your mum was being hypnotized by your dog that particular moment.. haha
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