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desert salvation by arushi (aera) rege


do corpses have sex dreams under the
desert where they wish for nights
to be touched & for pressed
fingers to glaze over their
peeling skin & the bone disintegrates
with words written miles deep in layersixteen
of muscle?

do corpses have sex dreams where i / hold the body that haunts me / & kiss upon a night / sky filled with stars / or cleared out by fires / do corpses have sex dreams where / they touch themselves / under moonlight paths / where they pull out their hearts and / i force myself to drink / heartblood & i throw up the heart

do corpses have sex dreams where :: instead of being real i pinch my corpseskin harder
than before :: the corpse touches my body underneath a meteor shower :: i say the last prayer & drink the heartblood :: the corpse prays for salvation, for something to be better than :: i feast upon the prayer & i love it anyways &

do corpses have sex dreams where they’re kept
underneath hot sand & brittle bone
until the earth comes to swallow
their muscle home & seep the
lifeforce out?

do corpses have sex dreams where / they touch themselves like / they say a prayer & want more / than a pitiful body / & words written in layersixteen of muscle / sandspit held in their mouths / trapped underneath the desert & brittle bone :: instead of praying / i pinch my corpseskin hard / and beg for salvation & death & love / i swallow the heartblood this time

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