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clean

churches

praise me

mothers

love me

boys

crave me

for what?

“your body is a temple”

my body

is what i say it is

strong

assertive

confident

liberated

my body

is

love

compassion

gratitude

my body

is

everything

do not praise me simply because i am

clean

-j.r.



Jacklyn RojasOctober 30, 2018
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