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A Bitter Pill

I wear a crocus cloth skin,
glib, but impervious to fish-eyes
foraging in the mud.

Attracted
by the light, I hover
inside the din of sociopaths,

feed off cold sinew
& atrophy. Suckling depression,
I'm withered by anonymity.



ã 2002 Pam Beatovic

Pam Beatovic