winter lips

winter lips press into her memory bones aching with the fever of remembrance quiet words raise half lipped appeasement mostly scarring scars scar her mind but occasionally words stir up like rosebuds of alphabet soup spelling out novels of repeated notes picture picture picture click click click half lipped winds greased strands flap loose flap in the loose whipped winds white comforter white blanket white snow white southern comfort white south corporate and government city lights counting monies greased oil slicked back hair scalps scalped dentists appropriating native american hunting tools scalped girl appropriating brown skin winter lips kiss kiss kiss from root to tip toe down the hallway to scar thighs thigh highs soft like southern comfort white south and the blood is red but red blood cells are combatants of white blood cells like winter lips are combatants of her thoughts

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