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what's her secret?

November 29, 2015
By Anonymous

she runs on cigarettes
and ice water
and 200 calories a day,
drowning in hushed whispers
that crawl up the gaps between her thighs
that scorch her protruding collar bones
that brand her visible ribcage
that take her mind off cold sweats and grumbling stomachs and light-headedness
that consume her from the inside out until there is nothing left
but cigarette ashes and bones

© Anonymous

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imahurricane SILVER said...
on Dec. 6 2015 at 4:01 pm
imahurricane SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
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thank you so much!!!! :)
Caycethepoet SILVER said...
on Dec. 5 2015 at 12:50 pm
Caycethepoet SILVER, Spartanburg, South Carolina
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This is really good!