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Hips and elbows

Knees and spine

Draining blood from lips

And fingertips

You’ve really nowhere left to go

But still you run.

As though you might escape yourself

Catch some finish line, be someone else

Your blood, our blood

Is water in your arteries

Vapour in your veins

Your blood, our blood

Venom on your lips and fingertips

Your hips, your elbows

Knees and Spine

Empty vessels echoing
Bone whistles, splintering

Tainting hallowed places

Staining them with pain