‘Never been one much for skin on skin / or / never much cared for the skin I live in / but / NOW / The mind rolls back’
The boyfriend / menThe hug for the newly widowedNever lived in SKIN that wayThe outpour of hard laughterrippled with musclesThose who ONLY wanted a glimpse“The-too-cool-to-make-time” peoplewe were fearful of TRULY BEING SEENanother blockto
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