SPOTS AND SCARS


    We all have stripes and spots


    like prowling jungle cats,


    folds and crinkles


    like memoir pages.


    She may hide hers


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    in the wash of careful


    body colors and paints.


    He may cover his


    with the smooth


    folds of cotton and


    rich buttons.


    But the tigers don’t


    devour their stripes


    and the pages mean


    nothing bare.


    Some stories are etched


    in wrinkle and scar.