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I clipped my nails this morning And mourned the loss of that claw-like keratin It is strange to consider         -it is lost in the carpet That it will never again mark your skin As I burrow into you I will grow another Proteinaceous remnant of evolution To defend against the void          -black holes are strange That aches to consume me Should I be deprived of you Yet it will not hold the memory Of the skin cells I stripped Your flesh folding like the shirt          -it lies forgotten on the floor That befell the same fate When you settled in my lap
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May 20, 2023
May 20, 2023 at 9:24 AM UTC
Castaway
I clipped my nails this morning And mourned the loss of that claw-like keratin It is strange to consider         -it is lost in the carpet That it will never again mark your skin As I burrow into you I will grow another Proteinaceous remnant of evolution To defend against the void          -black holes are strange That aches to consume me Should I be deprived of you Yet it will not hold the memory Of the skin cells I stripped Your flesh folding like the shirt          -it lies forgotten on the floor That befell the same fate When you settled in my lap
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May 20, 2023
May 20, 2023 at 9:24 AM UTC
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