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Cicatrice

Cicatrice

Whose is this horrifying face
This putrid flesh, discolored, flayed,
Fed on by flies, scorched by the Sun?
Whose are this hollow red-filmed eyes
And thorn-spiked head and spear-struck side?
Behold the Man; He is Man’s Son.

- David Gascoyne, Ecce Homo

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