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it rubs the lotion on its skin / its sickly, rolling skin / my skin --
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May 1, 2013
Ana
sweat and fat and greed / she comes in / altering my consciousness --
15
May 1, 2013
at gunpoint
i am / one / hundred
15
Sep 9, 2013
for her
with a clatter and crash / the q-tips fall to the floor / her broken skin a pale ash
81
Apr 29, 2013
here
traverse the divide / envelope me in your arms / i crave your touch
12
May 2, 2013
inside
i ripped at my chest / nails scraping bone and muscle / picking out bundles of fat
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Jul 3, 2013
next to her
i / am a failure. / an inconsistent outline
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May 2, 2013
snitches get stitches
a phone call to a friend / threats and crying / there was no wrong here
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Apr 30, 2013
the lighthouse
she comes from the foam / the knife from her gut / hidden in her rolling cloak
39
Apr 30, 2013
[the tendencies creep back]
the tendencies creep back / like the sun at dawn- / truly numb and
30
Aug 12, 2013
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