Having skin

[...] We're giving birth to each other so that the papercuts on our umbilical cords don't have to sting anymore. We're retracing the scars on our bodies, teaching each other how to cross-stich rays. We are painting paths for dreamersto avoid normality's rocks. 
Give me your hand.
Having skin doesn't have to hurt like this anymore.

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from Constellations with Batteries and Sellotape
Sam Astrophel, 2018.