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[Library] Skin I'm In

by Nikki Rice

The goosebumps will not recede
whenever you're inside me,
tunneling through organs and
exiting through fingertips.

Stop crawling across my skin!

(I'll scratch away at you until
you're only dirt beneath my nails.)




12/07/2006

Posted on 12/08/2006
Copyright © 2025 Nikki Rice

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Dave Fitzgerald on 12/08/06 at 12:45 PM

Vivid... the scratching made me cringe... great write!

Posted by Richard Vince on 02/12/07 at 10:27 PM

impressive. especially that last, whispered warning.

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