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Samhain Song [1997]

see this skin that clings so tightly to my flesh?
it is but a disguise that my innards wear to hide their shame.
see this blood that bathes the autumn in blushing?
it is the weapon that my nostrils bear to mark another fall.
see these bones that crackle beneath the surface?
this is the disguise that my soul wears to conceal its hunger.
see these words that I write for the curious eye?
these are the weapons that my heart bears to defend its case.

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All words and pictures by Aaron J. Louie.