go ahead
wash away the dirt
wash away the paint
and see who’s underneath
you think
you’ll see the true me
stripped to the heart
but who’s real
that has no dirt
that has no paint?
someone empty, incomplete
so accept my dirt
I paint myself
— 01:34:21 AM
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