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Au
Last night I ingested my mother’s gold in hopes it would bring value to every worthless part of my body I brought her bangles to my teeth and bit them so hard I drew blood holding them under my tongue until my mouth began to burn and glowing embers blazed within me until finally …
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To cleanse
“I consider cleaning it / But a marble pattern of the last remnants of you is reassuring to stare down at ”