The sadness of chains-
Desired constraints are the price I must pay-
Emotional tangles
Hateful,
Inflamed

Straight razor nicks will require medication
Taste the elixer
It burns to the bone
Open, say ah- show us your tongue
Poison will glow in the light of the sun

Jo Dowling

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