#THANACON

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hexed cave
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Hide me in your arms
I no longer want to be me
Another body emerges from inside

He stole my body
and wears my face
like he loved it all along
I grind my teeth
and wrap my hands
around the tumor's neck

If only I was content with my filth
then maybe it wouldn't hurt this much

I show him what happened
all those years ago
to a child me
He takes it willingly
and lays there
like a sunbathing fish

"What's your name?"
"Thanacon"

I knew right there
I would never be free of him
The me that wears my same body

naive cave
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The image of someone stealing the speaker's body and wearing their face is really disturbing, and the reference to a childhood trauma is heartbreaking

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The comparison of the tumor to a sunbathing fish adds a sense of surrealism and detachment to the poem, while the idea of being unable to free oneself from this "Thanacon" figure adds a sense of inevitability and despair

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i think is a powerful and unsettling piece!Sus

hexed cave