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Rated: E · Poetry · Other · #1779583

We are the beast

We are the beast that growls
within the writer's mind,
claws scratching the surface,
bleeding ink.
We are the stinging nettles,
scraping the fleshy part off the hide,
separating sinew from muscle,
peeling the sounds.

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