Galatea in Love

My body would make an exquisite corpse;

the people I have loved all chip away at me,

slicing me with slurs, molding me with hands I don’t desire.

I need to learn to sculpt myself.

The people I have loved try to paint me,

but can never seem to agree on a color: pink? or blue?

I’d rather learn to paint myself.

Then, I could use every color on my palette.

I’m most partial to purple – mixing pink and blue.

Once the slur-slices set and the sculpting solidifies,

I’m going to paint a masterpiece across my skin.

I bet I’ll make an exquisite corpse.

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