1. More Pain, More Gain?

What of my new skin?
Not earned, not deserved,
it fits well but attracts
no compliments, prompts
in fact remarks about
chapped hands and rough cheeks.

No one but me notices
its non-optional accessory:
tingling baby
nerve endings against which
the same old cactus world
rubs and pokes, rubs and pokes.

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