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in which I become beautiful

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intricately-ordinary

Published: Oct 30, 2013

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I drown my conscience in
the holy water of my wrists,

I carve hearts from empty
paper for my galaxyboy
with stars written in his skin,

and I swallow moths to
muffle the emptiness and
help me fly away.

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Nov 4, 2013

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