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I don't know where I end and the world begins. My best guess? Skin. It's the only actual boundary between the body and the world, between a body and any other body.

Richard Siken

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Richard Siken
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: February 15
Poet
New York City
New York
Begins
Guess
Ends
Body
Boundary
Best
Actual
World
Boundaries
Skin
Skins

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