The Cuts

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Paper softly touching
the tips of your fingers
slices deeply.

Scissors firmly pressing
onto the paper
cuts it thoroughly.

You.

You're neither paper
nor a pair of sharp scissors.

You're human yet,
you carve into my soul,
and pierce my heart-

It's tearing me apart.



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