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Propagation
i unfurl and unfold
slowly,
a pace of
vicious
sinuous
delicacy
an embryonic alien egg
pulsing, needing
to come alive
to come to bloom
a flower of carrion
deep inside me
made of me
muppet, puppet
made of meat
deep inside this confused
decaying flesh vessel
visceral slow motion ballet
of dark lengthening bones
muscles, tendons and limbs
stretching and tearing
through this emptiness
inside
as i let it fill me
from within
waltz set to a dirge
all dressed in black
dressed as a claw
contorting conforming
fusing, growing
a stem becomes my back
branches spear out
into a trap of sharpened ribs
my head slowly lifts
out of my chest made anew
i have flooded
i have filled
mmm
all that is my empty
inside
as i let it fill me
from within
my fingers push into my hands
knuckles popping into place
an ugly inner beauty
this inverse about face
brand new skin covers old scars
and they glow softly
another life of their own
brand new visions
for old tired eyes
i may have not been saved
but i have been remade
from within
