As a student, I stitched
a cadaver together
while my professor
said you must
be a predator,
must see the body
as parts within
a sack of skin.
I wish I could
see the body
like that now—
how it is
right here in my hand
and also my hand.
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As a student, I stitched
a cadaver together
while my professor
said you must
be a predator,
must see the body
as parts within
a sack of skin.
I wish I could
see the body
like that now—
how it is
right here in my hand
and also my hand.
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