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Fruit to Human Ratio

Fruit to Human Ratio

Rigid teeth drag over the soft and fuzzy surface
Scratching until bitter juice trickles down my arm
A nasty shutter

Another biteĀ 
There's no tasteĀ 

Another bite
There's no satisfaction
No feeling of fulfillment to be had
But the teeth marks remain.Ā 

So does the shame

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Jason Brown

With one clearly defined, sparsely drawn, poetic image; you've painted a powerful image of shame.

Veritably iconic!

Ā J ;)

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Christopher Correia

this is indeed, packs a poetic punch, especially in the imagery department, this is quite remarkable; the way it stays with after reading, excellent writing, poet

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