Ethel Cain
Virginity
I’m sick
And I’m sad
And I’m wasting away
I sink
Into my mattress
And I cry all day
All I want
Is love
Why’s it so hard to find?
I think of you
What you’d do
If you were on more than my mind

Please tell me there’s more
Please tell me there’s more

Am I above?
Are they beneath?
My holy body
My dirty sheets
They rip away
With gnashing teeth
My sullen womb
My virginity

I’m sick
And I hurt
And I feel unclean
It spreads
And it kills
Every part of me
I can’t help it
I can’t stop
I should go without
But there is
No escaping
This torrential drought
Am I above?
Are they beneath?
My holy body
My dirty sheets
They rip away
With gnashing teeth
My sullen womb
My virginity