Miss Mismatched Mess

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She is cinnamon-speckled skin
that gets awkward tan lines at all the wrong times
and goosebumps only when it's cold.
She is dirty socks and tiny feet,
electriclumsy ankles
and legs made only to curl up to her chest.
She is an arched back and slouched shoulderblades,
bitten, bleeding lips, and fingertips
that only turn pages that smell as good
as their words taste on her
breath.