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She trickles
from the waiting room,
her fluid form
spilling over the starched white
of the exam table.
Each movement
stirring her skin
like wind-skipped river rock.
She is nineteen years old
with a history
of Depression,
two elective abortions,
dental veneers
and breast implants.
Her chief complaint
is pain, rising
from coarse red lines
etched across her forearms—
hidden under linen sleeves.
The whole of her,
a quiet stream of rushing water
seeking a vessel
to pour inside.
Footnotes
Competing interests None.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.
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