The Internal Twin
The Internal Twin: A Surreal Symphony of Absorbed Siblings
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Inside my fertile mother, the egg fertilized
Describes the beginning of the narrator's existence, conceived within their mother's womb.
And from one egg, two individuals originated
Two individuals, twins, originated from a single egg during embryonic development.
A pair of identical twins began to grow
Identical twins start growing, forming a pair.
But in an unnatural quirk the embryos fused
The embryos fuse unnaturally, leading to a unique and abnormal development.
And I absorbed my embryonical sibling into me
The narrator absorbs their embryonic twin into themselves during fetal development.
From my earliest fetal stages into adulthood
From fetal stages to adulthood, the absorbed twin's cells grow with the narrator.
His displaced cells grew as I did
The displaced cells of the absorbed twin continue to grow alongside the narrator.
We matured together in the oddest ways
Both entities mature together in unusual ways.
Together as one we were born to be
Expresses a sense of unity, emphasizing that they were meant to be together as one.
I grew up as a freak, a walking monstrosity
The narrator feels like a freak, a walking abnormality subject to scientific study.
A living abnormality for scientific study
They are a living abnormality, with tumors causing physical pain and drawing scientific interest.
Tumorous growths on and in my body cause me pain
Tumorous growths, likely teratomas, cause physical discomfort.
Of dermoid origins, these tumors are pieces of my brother
The tumors have dermoid origins and are pieces of the absorbed twin.
These teratomas sprout across my body
Teratomas sprout across the narrator's body, further emphasizing the abnormality.
As my fragmented sibling develops from my torsos
The fragmented sibling develops from the narrator's torsos, contributing to the abnormalities.
My brother lives within
The narrator acknowledges the continued existence of their absorbed twin within them.
Inside lays the internal twin
Describes the internal placement of the absorbed twin.
My stomach contains rows of his teeth
The narrator's stomach contains rows of the absorbed twin's teeth.
Molars and incisors grow from the organ walls
Molars and incisors grow from the walls of the narrator's stomach.
And scalp hair clumps from external teratocarinomas
External teratocarinomas on the narrator's body produce scalp hair clumps from the absorbed twin.
His bulbous eyeballs protrude from my right temple and ear
Bulbous eyeballs of the absorbed twin protrude from the narrator's right temple and ear.
They twitch inside misshapen sockets
Describes the appearance and movement of the absorbed twin's eyeballs.
Sightless they roll and gaze into black
The eyeballs are sightless, rolling and gazing into darkness.
A toothless cartilage mouth opens from my chest
A toothless cartilage mouth opens from the narrator's chest.
Its rubbery spasms will never speak a word
The mouth spasms but remains unable to speak.
And his retarded raging thoughts I hear
The narrator hears the thoughts of the absorbed twin, described as "retarded raging thoughts."
He bellows and cries inside of my skull
The absorbed twin's emotions are intense, with bellows and cries inside the narrator's skull.
His berserk, confused substratum shrieks drive me mad
The absorbed twin's confused and chaotic thoughts drive the narrator mad.
His underdeveloped brain grows from mine
The absorbed twin's underdeveloped brain grows from the narrator's own.
And his retarded raging thoughts I hear
Repeats the description of the absorbed twin's "retarded raging thoughts" and their impact on the narrator.
He bellows and cries inside of my skull
Repeats the imagery of bellows and cries inside the narrator's skull.
Always he has shared my vital organs
Highlights the shared vital organs, including the heart, lungs, and blood, between the narrator and the absorbed twin.
My heart, my lungs, and pulsing blood
The absorbed twin has been part of the narrator's life since birth, sharing essential organs.
Since birth his survival has depended on me
The absorbed twin's survival has depended on the narrator, emphasizing their interconnected existence.
His nurturing has me to thank
The narrator expresses regret and apologizes to the absorbed twin, suggesting a desire for release from this shared existence.
I am sorry brother I can no longer live like this
The narrator acknowledges the need to set the absorbed twin free from their shared existence.
It is time to finally set you free
The narrator decides it is time to end the shared existence, acknowledging the necessity of freeing the absorbed twin.
Subconscious echoes as my twin horrifically scrams
Describes the subconscious echoes as the absorbed twin screams horrifically during the surgical removal process.
The surgeons' scalpels cut him out piece by piece
The surgeons' scalpels cut out the absorbed twin piece by piece, completing the process of separation.
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