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DJ's (cw: abuse/self-harm/drugs)
self autonomy
my body
sorry
the body i wear has never been mine
you took it
can i get it back, please?
sorry
your forced disappearance following my disclosure helped me understand that i can't get something back if i never had it to begin with
because no amount of therapy,
drugs, or
cutting into my layers of skin-
sorry
cutting into the layers of skin i wear will erase your hands running across the delicate, erogenous, parts of my bod-
sorry. you would think since you have owned the body i wear since i was just a little girl that i'd know better, and not act as though it is mine
nai palm once sang:
"home is in your body... homebody"
i want to know what it feels like to have a home so,
i want my body back, DJ
sorry
i want the body i wear to be mine

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