People bitter burn up
Like rising bread exhaling
Ready for the open air
People throw their fists
Like sailing stones
That skip across an endless ocean
To move over for mercy muscles
Kissing all the wrinkling wounds
And smooth the quivered heart
Curled frightened in the corner
Bitter burnt and singed right through
Knuckles cupped over her mouth
To smother all her screams
And calm all violence
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