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Bleeeeeed!!!

And when your lungs are at the peak of bursting

We ask the thickness of your lifeblood

To stain this his-story

So that your sadness can be a well of your bloodline

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

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