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Flesh N Bone

Flesh is a better word than bone dried far better than fried listless better than witless Verklempt ever so superior to weeping or am I wrong? bone is white, lonely, brittle, bleached, stripped, broken?...beached, deserted Flesh is rich, soft, mushy, tender, supple, pink, pale, peach-ed, and even fuzzed fried is hot, hard, dissolved, drenched, fattening and frankly frightening dried, is course, crisp, weathered, worn, reduced, reducted to its bitter sugar sweetness witless...to be so forsaken and confused listless, is a bowl of cold soup,a pillow, a couch,a silent room, a overstuffed chair, a rainy day,a clock ticking, a pencil in hand suspended above a white page....dormant with possibility...a chrysalis held captive in time, a photograph weeping..falling drops of water melted from the snow of soul Verklempt...honor in sadness, resolve against the high tide of painful truth, speechless, defenseless against the tsunami power of real pain or joy

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