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Human Fruit, Lisa Treece
CW: self-harm
I pressed the wound
to watch it leak
just as much as feeling the pain
the dark spots spreading
swollen flesh
pulled taught
pick away
the hardened scabs
to see if I am ripe
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Lisa Treece is a poet and storyteller with a passion for horror and speculative fiction, obsessed with dissecting the balance of light and dark within nature, the human psyche, and the paranormal. She is the in-house writer and editor for Crisishour Productions. Follow them @Carnalunacy on Twitter.