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Make me a Man

  • Writer: Leo
    Leo
  • Nov 19
  • 1 min read

Make me a Man

Take this scalpel and cut my skin,

I’ve made my decision to have the incision regardless of

What it may leave behind –

Scar tissue is preferable on my body

As opposed

To on my mind.

I have not changed what’s in my heart nor what’s in my mind

But there are scars here, and there

They will remain for a while – I can’t get rid of them that easily.

It’s part of the process of healing – fusing

Processing… Waiting for

Festering wounds to settle their biological boiling

Meanwhile, you see

A man

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