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Confessional Poem

Alex McKeown

My skin is tearing

me from my bones

and my bones are so skinny

and sore

can’t you see them?

torn white strips

of pain snapping

away from my

dripping brown

guts

plop plop

I’m all over the floor

I’M ALL OVER THE FLOOR

get me a mop

I’m all over the floor

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