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By Philip Masini BRONZE
Mount Prospect, Illinois
Flakes of dead skin float like dust in the sunlight, Revealing a rough alligator-esque layer beneath. Creased with lines like the cracks on an eggshell, Hair creeps up my wrists...
Mount Prospect, Illinois
Flakes of dead skin float like dust in the sunlight, Revealing a rough alligator-esque layer beneath. Creased with lines like the cracks on an eggshell, Hair creeps up my wrists...