STIGMA[TA]

a.d.

Jul 20, 2026

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I AM DRIVING BY NIGHT

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ON A HIGHWAY OF SCARS

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& THE DEPTHS OF WHICH I DREAM

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ARE RAW & UNCLEAN

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              I BLASPHEME— IMAGES OF WHITE LIGHT

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& GOD’S SPIT WASHES OVER ME

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MY THIGHS ARE UNBARED TO HIS WORD

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OF ASSENT & EXCORIATION,

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HIS ORDER TO SKIN THE SON

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             SOME NIGHTS I DESCEND INTO THIEVING

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THE OBSCENE CHILD IN ME APPEASED

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MY MIND EMBALMED & VISCOUS

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FUCKING WITH FAITH LIKE A SAINT

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RESTRAINED IN PRAYER

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A HUM OF PAIN LIKE A SPUR OF SHAME

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OR THE VARIOUS STATIONS OF THE CROSS

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             I OUTWIT THE GUNS & PROPHETS

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EMPERORS OF SICKNESS & GREED

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I CONCEDE— I AM SELFISH BUT UNSOLD

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CANONIZE THE STIGMA & RAVAGE THE GOLD

a.d. likes to write about sex, grief, guts and God. Her work has appeared in HAD, Don't Submit!, God's Cruel Joke, Loser, Apocalypse Confidential, SCAB, Bullshit Lit and elsewhere. Find her on Twitter @godstained.

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