scabs

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there's a line of scabs right now
decorating my lower right back
a darker brown which stands out
against the melanin concentration
in my epidermis

there's probably more
along my upper back
somewhere on my stomach
hiding underneath my arm

and although it's tmi
I really don't know
how I got those scabs

I didn't accidentally scrape myself
with the blade of a steel knife
I didn't bump into something sharp
that scraped my flaky skin

somehow I'd like to think
that these scabs come from a soulmate
equally as clumsy as me
who bumped into something sharp
and now has a line of scabs on their skin

I'd like to think that maybe
just maybe someone out there
shares the same line of scabs
on their lower right back

I'd like to think that maybe
just maybe there's someone out there for me

I'd like to think that maybejust maybe there's someone out there for me

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