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The Stone and the String and the Mother They Murdered

My nails are getting long so I might as well dig in puncture my chest skin this (fatuous?) doe the scent of fresh blood wafting as my digits wade deeper I pull out a stone, smooth and slightly porous with a single red string tied neatly around Smash it, gnash it the scarlet line frays I catch a glimpse of precious stuff inside I chip my teeth to chew and swallow the glimmering mass filling me whole I am illuminated, glorious harrowed as an orphan fawn

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Date: 12/31/2014 9:30:00 AM
I will need to ponder this one, there is some disturbing imagery. I like writing that leaves me in a state of wondering.
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