First Aid

Cut the cancer,
Lance the boil,
Oil the rash,
Gash the unnatural growths 
Inside your soul.

And splash on sentiment, afterward:
Cheap antiseptic, but it won’t sting.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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June 26, 2009 at 2:23 PM
This has such a natural flow it echoes with the touch of a genius.
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