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there are places i go to remember i exist and one of them has a name

it's not the forest or the lake or the fire or even the bed i sleep in

her name is a weight and a shelter it's a a tether and a door it's the gravity that keeps me from drifting

her name is a soft place to fall a breath that lingers in the curve of my neck a myth my body remembers

her name is the taste of the word “stay“

— and i carry it like a spine.

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