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I am corrosiveto everything I touchI am radioactive—all warning signsflare upwhen I arrive

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I am corrosive
to everything I touch
I am radioactive
—all warning signs
flare up
when I arrive

I am corrosive
in a way that I scar
everything I hold
to the point of breaking
I am radioactive
—all the flashing lights
wail like sirens when
I pass by

I am corrosive
—radioactive—
I destroy everything
I get my hands on
and no one can predict
where I will go next

I am corrosive
—radioactive—
because I know how
to keep up a veil
of niceness to hide
the rotting corpse
unburied underneath
—just ebbing—
giving off waves
that's corrosive
—radioactive—
until the filth withers
the flowers put up
just this morning
to dry, pressed petals
like my skin

I am corrosive
—radioactive—
because I know how
to make hearts beat
with sweet words
and I know how
to make scars bleed
with lashes of tongue
—giving them a taste
of bitterness and
unresolved past
and disappointments
that's corrosive
—radioactive—
I'm toxic to everything
I touch—all shameful
flags fly with the wind
every time I dare show up

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