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Queen

I am the queen. I contain the universe. Here is your proof: this body warped. Back bent. Ligaments stretched. Tender places torn. See the fault lines of my fractured belly? Evidence of thunder quaking. The width of my hips tells tales. Speaks of a new world that passed through me.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 5/14/2018 2:52:00 PM
Lovely, Lauren. Superb poem.
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