lacerated land-line
- Shai Smith
- May 1
- 2 min read
this isn’t a breakup poem.
it’s a bloodbath.
the kind that leaves missed calls like crime scene photos.
this is what happens when someone ghosts you like it was mercy.
when silence isn't peace — it's proof you were never real to them.

watch me bleed out on the floor
i keep coming back for more
you took a knife straight to my chest
now you ignore my every word—
i don't exist, can't call or text
phone’s on do not disturb
and i’m screaming, but i’m dead
bleeding out, and left on read
stitch my mouth, press unsend
trashed everything we’ve ever said
am i on silent?
unlike the voices in my head—
they’re too violent
can’t find a single outlet
or comprehend—did you just disconnect?
switch your number?
or gone braindead?
i’m scared i’m going under
because all i see is red
someone call a doctor
to read my time of death
said that i’ve been slaughtered
as i took my last breath
won’t even say delivered
in our fucking text thread
iM bLeEDinG
aLl ovEr tHe
PLEASE see
mY HyStEriaiS
SpeAkiNg
YoU diD tHis
can’t get any coverage—
except for a shroud
there’s been too much damage,
i’m almost underground
please tell me your percentage
before i can’t be found
can you even acknowledge?
does your phone have any sound?
did you just hit ignore?
is that you within the crowd
watching me bleed out on the floor
but i still want more more more
a knife straight to my chest
without a sound or a text
flooded red smudges
with zero messages
and i’m screaming, but i’m dead
bleeding out, and left on read
blood-splattered, cell screen blurred
deadline stopped, outside the hearse
and it just got so much worse—
i blew up all the towersso nothing even works
all of your computers
and fucking followers
none of it matters
so fuck the universe
all 'cause you couldn’t answer
now all we read is errorrrrrrrrr
im over it
11/09/2024
the line’s dead.
and so is the part of me that gave a fuck.
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