Read Poem: birthmark, by Bastet Zyla

they say birthmarks are where
your lover kissed you most
in your past life.
well i have a birthmark
on the front of my upper left thigh
and just a couple centimeters below
where i was once kissed
man-made marks mock its natural beauty
for they were put there just as easily.
lover please
get on your knees
and kiss me where your lips loved to go
in our past life.
maybe if for the next several reincarnations
you kiss there enough
the birthmark will grow so large
that if i had the desire
to give it bastard children
i wouldn’t be able to
without cutting open your kiss
and maybe
just maybe
that would be enough to stop me.

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