My Body Is Mine
       

In that dark, the light

strike startled my mirror.

I saw nudity—by accident—

& did not understand myself

without fabric.

Thunder boomed & rain released

bright streaks—again, again. &,

I froze. Stared

openly—exhausted

by dark devouring

lightning, my mirror,

me.

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