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Mother

  welcome this heart,

    congenitally, sickeningly loathed

   not even clothed, leave her threshold.


brought into the world, a radial embrace 

   cradled in the rain, slapped across the face.


scapegoat of the mother, never far from the tree

    saddled in pain, crawling formlessly.



carry this apple, take a crisp bite

  sour and cold, not even ripe.


now welcome this heart, 

   bitter and mindless,

feed on the fright



frigid as marble , scorched as a star

    feed him dirt, never far, never far



arachnid fangs descend, venomous reign

    eat your own infant, drown in the rain;


then do it again, 

                  again, 

                      and again.

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