gold highlights the scars
gone but can't be forgotten
the gold reminds us
that
we did this we're corr-
-upted We spilt red blood from
gold veins Remember
please.
preserve the wounds with
gold so that the memory
scars as much as we
do.
Posted in response to the challenge Democracy.
sing even if you sing badly; dance even if you dance horribly; write even if you write terribly; love even if you are bad at it.
a collision of keratin
and chipping pigments
a meticulous routine spent
washing pale nails
in a montage of paint trails,
I'm six on the living room floor -
the pink album the pink album I chant -
dad puts the Supremes on the record player, the jacket handed to me -
pink, with three of the most beautiful women I've ever seen -
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