“there are moments when I think I should’ve moved on / … kept myself taut / to the softness of his affection.”
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“there are moments when I think I should’ve moved on / … kept myself taut / to the softness of his affection.”
“His body, the closest place to home that I can go”
“cutting memories of Papa, lined-up / history…”
“its / note / a / common name.”
“Clutch / of snakes with synchronous hearts, / black ditch of my sleep.”
“On a warm summer evening, / absurdity darts overhead / like bats.”
Danez Smith’s newest poetry collection sparkles with warmth and acceptance.
“This day and age, it’s hard to just / absolutely vanish.”
“I was not as I wanted / a contrail dissipating / instead I was a woman”
“I want to sew you into my hair, bury you / in my womb, fill my shoes with your powdered petals.”
“the power to see ourselves / in sculpted figures, caged / in stars.”
making small talk with other mothers and feeling / worn out and hollowed / among the rows of expensive strollers my inner tape deck ticking / I want to be rich I want to be rich I want to be…
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