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a rendering of the artist from life

RC deWinter

if my skin was
as raw
as my heart
you’d shun me
as a leper
there are days
i’d like to
rip open my chest
and scream
LOOK!
but to what purpose?
the lack of human touch
has scraped me down
to bone and gristle
shit -
let’s be honest
unless one is a butcher
who wants to put
their hands on
that?
so send for
the meat wagon
i won’t even try
to run away
i couldn’t anyway
i’m frozen in
the immobility
of fear
i bet i’ll make
great glue

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