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Rice paper band-aid

entry picture

I keep chipping off pieces of myself
I wonder how long until it's all gone
Lies drawn across our foreheads 
Black sharpie marker stink
Spray paint symphonies reformed in a blink
New colors, new ink, mind on the brink
A drink in the morning, cool water
Sun presides over the daily slaughter 

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