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Shedding Skin


Pulling out of the old scarred skin
(old rough thing I don't need now
I strip off
slip out of
leave behind)


I slough off deadscales
flick skinflakes to the ground


Shedding toughness
peeling layers down
to vulnerable stuff


And I'm blinking off old eyelids
for a new way of seeing


By the rock I rub against
I'm going to be tender again

Written by Harryette Mullen

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