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III.

Toxins percolate deeper than soil at times.
The deposition in the lungs. The breath you want to exhale.
The uncomfortable memory you would rather release.
Dermal uptake: the place on your skin that burns
after someone brushes it,
tender ghost feeling on the hands
that persists beyond its moment.

Love me, diseased,
regardless.

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