i keep my heart on a glass pedestal / because back when i was four feet nine / and button nosed / my mama told me / to keep it protected / from those who wanted to steal it
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I, Girl
Poetryi am my own god, my own spirit, my own prayer. -- a complete series of 44 poems concerning girlhood, dread, and catholic guilt.
32 FRAGILITY: AN INTERLUDE
i keep my heart on a glass pedestal / because back when i was four feet nine / and button nosed / my mama told me / to keep it protected / from those who wanted to steal it
