language is like skin
it stretches
bulges
grows
dies
all at the same time
sometimes
skin develops nasty surprises
like boils and hair
and try all you like – you can't get rid of it
you can only cover it up
or pretend it isn't there
or you can reason that boils and hair are a part of life
and that it's best
not to become fixated
skin and language tell you a lot about the person
whether they like it or not
easily prejudiced
often beautiful
usually ugly
always changing
Poetry by Blue River
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Written on 2009-02-09 at 12:50
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