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Pre-emptive

by Rebecca Lu Kiernan

I will have a rib removed
And mail it to you
In a sanitary jar
Saving you
The trouble
Of robbing me
In my sleep.
Incision
Is
Easier
Sewn
Than the slow jagged
Tearing
Of stealing back
A bone.

Copyright © 2009 by Rebecca Lu Kiernan

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