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Lola Haskins's avatar

Being of Claire's generation, I've thought about writing something like this but I know I could never get it as right as she has. Thank you, Claire.

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Katie Treggiden's avatar

Ooooof — what a beautiful poem. Feels so deeply honest and like it only hints at those depths both at the same time. Thank you for sharing x

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Gary Michael Dault's avatar

"I finish my yogurt but leave the corn to waste

with what remains. Outside the wind kicks

down a slender moringa tree, the first to go."

This strikes me as one of the the saddest triads I've ever encountered. It's too delicate to be alarming and too forceful to be elegiac. One bites back tears--because they're too easy, too handy, too superficial.

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