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A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985) Dir. Jack Sholder

By Gia Clark-Grillo From Issue No. 9

Jesse, poor Jesse

so ill at ease in your skin

too tight

like a snake about to shed

let’s take it off together

it could take all night

the heat from your body

filling the room

filling the whole house

thick breath like a boiler room

on your neck

waking you wet

with sweat

soaking your bed

and your dreams

but what are you in your dreams?

still strapped to the illusion?

still shivering of what’s inside?

still living in the wrong skin?

let’s take it off together

it could take all night

yes, Jesse, it could take all night

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