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Bony parts bruise faster. I think to myself. I look down at my arms. They are tinted yellow from the fading bruises. Fatty parts bruise harder. I think to myself. I look down at my thighs, they have black spots scattered over them. I sigh and touch my collarbones protruding from my body. I stack the coins. I can fit 17 on each collarbone. I look in the mirror and I know I am looking at a hollowed out skeleton, but all I see is me .. just as I've always looked, grey, boring, ordinary...
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Mar 11, 2019
Mar 11, 2019 at 5:18 PM UTC
Bruises
Bony parts bruise faster. I think to myself. I look down at my arms. They are tinted yellow from the fading bruises. Fatty parts bruise harder. I think to myself. I look down at my thighs, they have black spots scattered over them. I sigh and touch my collarbones protruding from my body. I stack the coins. I can fit 17 on each collarbone. I look in the mirror and I know I am looking at a hollowed out skeleton, but all I see is me .. just as I've always looked, grey, boring, ordinary...
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Mar 11, 2019
Mar 11, 2019 at 5:18 PM UTC
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