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The red rinses away, oh, the sweet smell.
I scrub it off the collar, down to the last thread.

After I shower, my skin is spotless.
Yet my arteries rust…

The copper taste lingers on the tongue.
Long after the house has cleared.

I wipe the steam off the mirror,
finding only his glare.

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