I can’t remember how long it’s been since I’ve sung a whole song, painted a whole picture, written a poem whole enough to make me love who I am & all the while, my throat is full of broken notes small blue-winged swallows. They stab at flesh beneath my tongue. The sun forgives me the next day. Skin around my neck is raw & coarse. How could anything…
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