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Rated: ASR · Poetry · Death · #910795
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The throat,
in the front,
is enclosed
by two neckbones,
two tollgates.

It is a wellspring
of gesture,
of scream,
of soft,
gentle, cooing.

To slice it
decides
What price one pays,
which option
one takes,

out of longing.
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