Scorched Earth

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I kept lighting

matches

candles

whatever

could hold a flame

But inevitably it all

burned

scorched

turned

me into ash and bone

I kept thinking I'd

destroy

recreate

kill

the parts of me

That others said were

ugly

wrong

ill fitting

but it began to destroy my soul

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