xxxxxxxxxxthough I bewilder my skin with ointments.
xxxxxxxxxxI do not recognize my daughter; I send her away.
xxxxxxxxxxI undo the first two buttons of my shirt.
Act II.xx.xxThe heat of this room is unbearable.
xxxxxxxxxxThe pain is acute and generative.
xxxxxxxxxxMy craving is entire. I have chewed the drapes to rags.
xxxxxxxxxxMy teeth are deft. They are sharp.
Act III.xxxxA nurse motions for me not to try to speak.
xxxxxxxxxxIn the past, it has upset me.
xxxxxxxxxx-You mustn't upset yourself, she says.
xxxxxxxxxxHer throat is white. My teeth are sharp.
Act IV.xxxxSome rogue and urgent impulse
xxxxxxxxxxlifts my face to the window,
xxxxxxxxxxsome pliant synapse in me kindles,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxand I weep: aru, aru.
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