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Water On Fire

Showering
Knob all the way left

Skin on my calves 
Burning crimson
Tingling with heat

Scrub it off
     off
          off

Scratch the fingerprints out
Of my screaming pores
Pull every hair
He ever touched
Out of my scalp
Replace myself
With new pieces
Of me

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Janine Jacobs

Date: 10/28/2018 5:05:00 PM

Haunting - thank you so much for sharing this

Line Gauthier

Date: 10/28/2018 3:37:00 PM

Wow - rage repulsion disgust... a powerful poem of therapeutic cleansing. Congrats on your well deserved gold medal win, Carissa. Well penned.

Gregory Richard Barden

Date: 10/28/2018 2:16:00 PM

Very powerful and exquisitely-worded, Carissa, and something I can (sadly) relate to ... sometimes "clean" has nothing to do with dirt, because damage, like love, is far more than skin-deep. Blessings to you, and congratulations on your well-deserved top placement! <3

Lu Loo

Date: 10/28/2018 11:36:00 AM

Sweet Carissa, this touched me more than you can know. I feel this pain..beautifully sad and deep and dark. Loved it. Thank you and congratulations on your placement. -luloo :)

Quoth Theraven

Date: 10/27/2018 11:42:00 PM

I love the poetry and zest for cleanliness. Though there's nothing wrong with a little dirt. -Richard