XXXVIV. Grimace

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i compile a bloody aesthetic
which sees me dreaming
as though i were anaesthetised
and i had become a china doll
anyone grabbing me
when the music lulled:
and i study my wrists
and wonder at the lines,
my palms and curling thumbs
which perpetrate --
i lick my wounds with a barbed tongue
and smile with blood between my teeth.

(05/03/2017)

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(05/03/2017)

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