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I let a blond boy pinch my tits
in a river.
It was like breathing for the first time
and then forgetting how.
It was like licking a dirty penny.
It was a new name.
He said finish it.
I drowned in the river
and reincarnated as a very small fish,
eating nothing
but cold slots of light.
He poured warm beer
over the rocks,
listing girl names
while planting
their bodies in the sand
like ancient statues.
