Preteen
by Layo Mussi

The factories are wilting
Yellow nightmare stickers
Dotted on your chin
Lest at least the romance of acne
Sprayed like pebbledash on your neck
For the town is alive tonight
Drunk is the petal on your branch
And the veins on any man
Are so beautiful


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Layo Mussi is a writer living in rural England, on the outskirts of a foreign King. He recently released his first poetry book 'Bitch Ass/Cruise Control' with Progress Print.

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