Ritual

“I had to be pure so that you could be clean by proxy”

Cee Cee Elle
Human Parts
Published in
1 min readMar 9, 2019

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You never let me come to bed without washing my feet.
A ritual.
A cleansing act.
I had to be pure so that you could be clean by proxy.

You never let me come without covering my mouth.
A ritual.
A devotional practice.
I had to be silent so that others would…

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Cee Cee Elle
Human Parts

(Public health) nerd. (Aspiring) creative. Generally conflicted.