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Anonymous…bleed

Through everything and things
… out of time and moments

… out of her-story and places

… out of rage and spaces

… out of page and stages

Bleed over things and people

Just like how we have soaked you into blood
And drowned you with slurs

Anonymous… bleeeeeed!!!

Nightmares

Night falls that fell

Bleed… sunrise
That pissed on your last hiss

Bleed… the gulp of air

Rebuild each stretch mark on your thighs

Bleed… flames

So thick and stiff and hail like
Bleed… as loud as a siren

Tell soil, sand and soul your name

Bleed… floods

Smiles

Twilights

Bleeeeeed! to protect the landscape of your heart
To cover the geography of your body

To keep the altar of your church

Anonymous…bleed

Through everything and things

… out of time and moments

… out of her-story and places

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