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My ribs are a cage,
but it's not for my heart.
It bares its fangs
to tear me apart.
The teeth that grind
and chew and swallow,
I keep confined.
I'll soon be hollow.
They gnash and bite
to devour me whole.
Just out of sight,
they eat my soul.

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