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Jul 2020
The tender stroke of death
closed my eyes one final time.
โ€œ๐‘ฐโ€™๐’—๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’š๐’๐’– .โ€
Blood dripped down the edge of the bath,
my naked body in a sea of red.
โ€œ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ.โ€
Is Death the destroyer or nearly the ferryman?
A conversation with death.
Written by
Aspen  Genderqueer
(Genderqueer)   
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