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“Once a palm reader told me”
Ariel Kasha
Once a palm reader told me
my head and my heart line
lay completely intertwined
She called it "steamy palms"
no separation between the two.
she said it makes me an incredible lover
but I would never be able to experience a casual connection.
I asked if I could unzip my heart from skin and place it on ice
the drive through sex line seems so easy.
unfortunately my body does not seem to digest
synthetic meat
fast food is dead
and i want to eat life
but my heart has stitches
and I am weary of sewing
she shook her head,
a taste will never suffice
a soul that was made to devour
and be swallowed whole.
turns out
she was
a very good palm reader.
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