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by Tinker
Rated: E · Book · Writing · #2152501
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#934497 added December 25, 2018 at 11:22am
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Scab
Scab

You itch
like a crusty sore
still new enough to stick
and bleed beneath.

I want to scratch
at the scaly husk
to rid myself of you
but I know, to pick
only stings and opens
a slippery wound.

I will clip my nails,
ignore the prickle,
and like any scab
you eventually
will fall away.
          ~~Judi Van Gorder

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