{"id":557,"date":"2026-07-12T19:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/?p=557"},"modified":"2026-07-12T19:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T19:03:18","slug":"in-subdermal-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/?p=557","title":{"rendered":"in subdermal dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">lately<br>I have been meeting<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; your past lives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; in subdermal<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; dreams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sometimes<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; you&#8217;re<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; a tickle in the throat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; sometimes you&#8217;re a lymph node<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; fat<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; with<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; grief<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; a plea<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; (from one abandoned body<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; to the other)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; for&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; permission<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; to coronate<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; every shared wound<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; with a halo of petals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">because<br>how else would one soliloquize death<br>&nbsp; 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