transgressive
(trænzgrɛsɪv
)
ADJECTIVE
Transgressive is used to describe actions that break a moral law or a rule of behavior.
To write and publish this poem was a daring, transgressive act.
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scraped and scabrous
parsed skin
from dry bone
the body
brushed beneath the rug
reaches
out
fourteen self-portraits
of
the man
who
disappeared
