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Surgical Scars

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Literature Text

I could get over you
if I had to
but

it would be a long surgery,
involving many deep
incisions in order to extract
every bit of me that
contains a bit of you.
My green scrubs would
be an abstract painting
with blood, an emotional
portrayal of love lost.
Afterwards, my skin
would be a roadmap
of scars, looping and
criss-crossing, puffy
edges almost kissing.
You would be gone,
but I would be hollow,
empty of everything
that made life worth
living, a monument to pain.

I could get over you
if I had to but I am
not sure there would
be enough of me left
to carry on.
...

(c) Jessica McGale

tWR:
Is the imagery consistent? Is it clear that I would be performing self-surgery? Is it choppy or difficult to read at all?
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It is wonderful. The symbolism is wonderful, and the imagery also is quite good. I thought it was consistent. I think the whole thing is quite clear. I do.