I’d take a knife and cut it out

like some deep-down infected gout

if only it were there under my skin.

I’d prick a vein and let it bleed,

free flowing, nothing to impede

if I thought it were streaming deep within.

I’d amputate it bit by bit

til there was nothing left of it,

then throw it piece by piece into the grind.

I’d heat a rod to glowing red,

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