Scars pepper your arms like kisses leaving
a searing brand across your skin;
are littered, memories like tattoos
burned into your flesh.
I wonder: if I touched my fingertips
to your age-old gashes
would you tell me the story of each?
Even the insistence of inocence,
sealed lips and floating ships
and nothing to say -
I cannot persuade you this way.
Maybe
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