by JESSICA BOWERS
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I am not my body, my body is a stage And I am locked beneath the lights Screaming in a cage I am not my body, my body is a hell A pallid mask of fear and fright For thieves to buy and sell I am not my body, but I am not alone Stitched inside this borrowed skin This sleeve of flesh and bone I am not my body, my body is not I They crawl inside, grinning as Their sordid fingers pry |
Jessica Bowers is a college freshman living in Claxton, Georgia. She plans to start college in the fall, majoring in biology and minoring in creative writing. Her inspirations are Mary Shelley, Aldous Huxley, and of course, Stephen King. Writing has become a big part of her and she wishes to keep it alive in her adult life. Jessica’s story, The Uglylights, appears in the June 2013 issue of HelloHorror and her story, The Stray, appears in the October 2013 issue.
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