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14 Jul, 4 tweets, 2 min read
#poetry

back to go

thin skin bleeds as i scrape off
impastoed daydreams
slathered on in the madness of desire

digging a fingernail under each thread
i unravel embroidered wishes
soft silk unloops sliding out soundless
tunneled scarlet holes close
with almost silent sighs
leaving the barest trace of pattern

applying reality's stringent antiseptic
i wince as i sponge away red rivulets
wondering if there will be scars
life wraps me in its unemotional embrace as
denuded of design i breathe in deep
breathe out slow step off go

© 2018 RC deWinter
Published in Fleas on the Dog, Issue 7,
September 2020
Waving hi and thanks to all who read/shared the #poem “back to go” –wishing you a delightful evening.

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