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Of Flesh

by Alexandra Parapadakis

Her skin can open up like a mouth

It can speak

When it parts

It can extend like a tongue

It can taste

 

Your arteries are seams

Try to unpeel them

Slip off your flesh

Undress

Search your pores

For secret trap doors

Let the inside out

Part it like a mouth

 

Like hers

It can speak

Unfold the red carpets

Of rolled and folded tongue

Let it searc...

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Sunday 27th January 2019 12:48 pm

connect   depression   love   pain   reaching out   self harm   speaking out   support   understanding

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