By Jane Doe
Date: 2009 Aug 12
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the taste of blood

in a crowd of stranger
i say nothing
i sew iron threads
on my lips.

in the company
of familiar places
i pull the needle harder
until it cuts my tongue.

i love you
and i am rigid now
you taught me this
you made me this way
don't you remember?