category(-)

i.lay(turf.covered);
words(undressed);
rotting.away.steadily;
not.yet.embalmed;
stripped_of(sour.sorries);

skin(caked.in.dirt),
set.to.temperature.of.a.lie;
numbness.peels(gently);
ache.grained(between.teeth);
tongue.complicit(to.silent.me);
unyielding;
never.willing(me);

sharp.edges.catch(soft.folds);
red;
wet;
injured;
throat(packed.with.unsent.mail);

i.arrange.it.neatly
in.mathematical.slowness;
no.petals;
no.screaming;

lungs(emptied);
humiliation(bloated);
half.conscious(in.involution);
underside(cold.stoned);
warped.with(grief);
owed.to.none;

i.don’t.mind(choking.on.it);
i.would.have.torn(my.cleavage.open),
asking.unknown.gods
what.else.needs.fixing.

bent_rigid.frame—
system.hung_on(chemical.chain)
decomposers.sweat(on.overtime)
thriving_on(salty.gashes&pinot);

self.locked(in.violated.bone).

call.it.nuance.
i.refuse.category.

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[image.credit: ParkeHarrison 2003 - Reclamation]