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The slow bleed

A Haiku

By Rachael MacDonaldPublished 4 years ago • 1 min read
The slow bleed
Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

Melancholy plagues,

Papercut by papercut,

Not death, only maim.

surreal poetry

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Rachael MacDonald

Avid Reader, Sometimes Poet, Occasional Writer, and searcher of truths often lost in the breaths between candy-coated lies.

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    Written by Rachael MacDonald