Rosy droplets splatter
and pink sheets begin
to bleed

As the tiny flowers
become drenched
in blood.

Such itchy wrists.

It will be an eternity
before the black X's
are removed.

-Kim Elizabeth

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"Black X's" written by Kim Elizabeth. Copyright © by Kim Elizabeth.
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