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Corruption

April 10, 2013
By darkensme SILVER, Paris, Other
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darkensme SILVER, Paris, Other
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&ldquo;The next time your heart floods with waves<br /> set it down on land, howling<br /> and let it run wild with the wolves.&rdquo;

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my body trembling
creaking
my heart whining
aching
my thoughts humming
a low roar
repressed and
stifled

my chest sore
pounding
craving air but
suffocating

the pressure against
my skin
bruising me
scarring me

corrupting me

© Suzie L., Wyckoff, NJ

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