blood

laid end to end
one hundred thousand
kilometres
(metrically speaking
this is no
imperial court)
of blood vessels flowing inside
tiny feet
walking those roads
intricately woven
congested
at times broad highways
skimming away
into strange
winding alleys
blooming like
crimson algae

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Briar

Basically, I deal in words.

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