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Wild Man

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This body, I am
and thought that I was
nothing at all
but these knees and these toes.

This body, I am
my smile and skull
and I am my fingers
and I'll feed the crows.

My body, this thing
is all I can see
for I am my eyes
and I am my nerves.

I am a river
no, that isn't true
I am a hunter
or maybe I'm food
I am a god
and all of my sinners
live in my heaven
and I am who serves.

My body, I am
my bones and my teeth
as I am my skin
and the veins underneath
there is nothing to me
but my bones
and the bones
are nothing to me
in my woods
in the cold.

And this body, I am
what I devour
and drink
but I dream I might be
what I love, what I think.

I am this creature
my creature is me
I am my eyelids
and also, my nose
I am a monster?
and I'll feed the crows.
Feeling weird. :B
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neurotype-on-discord's avatar
Weird in a good way ;p

I like this best when it's concrete--the lines about dream/love seemed out of place. I could clearly picture a skeleton or almost-skeleton in the forest, though. The repetition is awesome, especially when you start twisting it--from 'this body' to 'my body', although why'd you twist it back?