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Living with myself

Gemima Longodjo 2003 (DRC)

Flesh and blood
Standing in front of you
My vessel filled with water and meat roaming in my body
Cut me open and see that I am living with myself
        With
My abusers
My pain
My Trauma
My history
My wounds
My neglectful parent
My absent father
My late sister

I am living with you
All of you
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Submitted by gemimalongondjo on December 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XABXXXXXBXXCC AA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 304
Words 69
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 13, 2
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