June 25

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poetry

hold still
the x-ray tech

said taping
a metal ball

to my skin
to mark the pain

to show what the human
eye can’t see

whole spectrums !
what hubris

to say animal
tongue slick

with contempt
as if any better

as if a predator
we fail from within

our teeth blunted
when we need them most

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