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"The WomanChild Papers"

These Pearls

in the sea
we all breathe
disjointed aspects
of universal communion

I've become a repository
for loose grains of sand
each piece of grit
with its own tale

too tender and delicate
I naturally absorbed
minuscule pieces of sand
which lay beneath the skin
festering, impervious
to regular soap scrubbings

grown now into an under-armour
of impressive strength

if you tore off the skin
the shiny glare would blind
-- rows upon rows
of unnatural beading
bound in robotic perfection

you are not fooled
by the fact that my exterior
appears silky smooth

your hands find
all the proverbial peas
(in my case, pearlescent)
buried under all those layers of mattresses

they hurt, don't they .

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