58. Dissection

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The first layer
Translucent and papery
crinkling -- almost
gossamer parchment and butterfly wings

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The second layer
Smooth ivory
thicker -- dully glistening
slightly indented where fingertips pressed

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The third layer
Chewy and solid
sinewy yet not so -- fibrous
its solid pink saturated in deeper red

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The fourth layer
Hard nakedness
slippery satiny soft -- wood
bleached by salt and sand and sun

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No more layers
at last
you find -- a spark