play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tzq6isGOjg

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the full copy, in word:

How do I thank this body?
I don’t want to.
Mine is not like yours.

I’ve spent so long writing about it.
Thinking about it.
Talking about it.
Because mine is not like yours.

The only place I look at it is my mirror at home.
With all the lights turned off.
All but one gentle light.
My eyes are looking back at these eyes.
They don’t know they’re the same.

Mine is not like yours.
Mine is not like yours.
I don’t want to love.
I don’t want to have to love.

Mirror, you know me.
I cover my face.
Then I’m not looking.
Then it’s not my body.
I don’t have to love.

This is not like yours.
This is not like yours.

🎧 mage tears — cats in the cold