dear_skin Annie111 I'm writing this letter to understand you better Like a purse made from the velvet of a pig's ear Smooth shield Flexible sack of bones Arching skeleton trapped inside, Suffocating against the walls of flesh Caramel coated and Pallid grey Chocolate Sometimes, like mine, ivory Separating us from and pulling us toward love and hurt Simultaneously A paper bag where I can be alone 020102 ... kerry dear skin: why must the nasty pimples sprout from your many pores the day of something important? why must you disgrace me so? i hate you. damn you to hell. if only you were tan... 020102 ... little fury bug dear skin, why have you foresaken me? you were supposed to protect my fragile insides from the cruel, nasty outsides...but now you just put me to shame. 020617 ... whisper dear_skin there is no shame 040414 ... misstree beloved skin, thankyou for keeping such a big mess in such a thin covering, and thankyou for being such a wonderful sensation conductor, and i love the freckles, did you plan those from birth or did the sun give you ideas? and thank you for being tough enough not to wound easily, resilient enough to heal quickly, and sentimental enough to savor scars. thankyou. i'll talk to you again soon. 040415 what's it to you? who go blather from