The Tenderest Vessel

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The Nitty-Gritty

   

He had developed a thick armor around 

   his heart as well as a thick skin

An ironclad casing forged of

   rejection, disappointment, defeat

What will pierce it other than

   a surgeon's scalpel

That which was meant to protect

   the tenderest of vessels also prevents

      the love from coming in or going out 

   

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