Effluvium
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1 min readJan 15, 2018
we are living secretions
expelling exhaust fumes.
chunks of our bodies
fall off and pollute
rivers, forests, parking lots .
pieces placed carefully into
avian nests — tiny puzzles
of fingernails, hairs and
plastic straws. our detritus,
plenty useful because there is plenty.
we shed out of ourselves
and into new versions
which are just as dirty.
yet we yearn, always,
to be new again.
to be clean.