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Cadaver
I was tattered and drunk staring in the mirror;
A blank expression with a tear-stained face;
Unshaven, unkempt, the weight slowly melting away,
The bones slowly revealing their form, ready for the grave, with slapped on talcum to keep the lesions covered, wherever they may stain.
The aches, the pains, the inability to stand, fill my brow with a cold sweat that casts a cloak upon my bra...
Saturday 1st July 2017 2:44 pm
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