afternotes
wash oh please
my forehead
with a mother’s
handprint, be
as sweet
as my brothers
fawning
over the belly
of the lover
who’s by now
removed
their matching
imaginary
tattoos, score
the earlobe
of a nail-biting
infant,
die.
the angel in the mirror
is not alone
all the time
kingsoftrain 
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