I Am Building a Body in My Mind, and It Is

Your body—not disappeared into the grave but into blizzarding swan-colored lines of lace—holding something like your shape. And just like flesh you open, absorbingeach stray iridescence, each veil of updraft, upswirl, white noon scattering your edges, you’resomething like a dress...

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