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Oct 2012
Today I
tore at my roots
and I bled the river
you bade
flood

I scratched
at the surface of
my parchment
soaked in vapid
blood

And from that
empty river bed
I rose from
dust my belly
Used to scrape
Melanie Anne Paulos
Written by
Melanie Anne Paulos  27/F/Atlanta, GA
(27/F/Atlanta, GA)   
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