CREATIVE WorKS

Illustration by Sonam Kaloti

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Sonam Kaloti
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Ripped the skin off my face for hours
in the washroom

mirror. Felt like a zombie:

telling myself to stop but my body
wouldn't respond.

Burned my face from peeling skin.
“What have I done?”
Breakdown.

Spoke to myself like a conversation
between two people:

one a crying wreck

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hesitatingly trying to configure
comfort in dismay.

“Shh, it’s okay.
Don't cry. We're okay.”

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