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1 " … When I'm ready,my uterus will lunar eclipse.You could have beenmy baby. I was almost your mother.In the gap, I left you to fall–jarred starlight, steaming. "
― Joanna C. Valente , Marys of the Sea
2 " In Sunday school, love was taught like blueberriesbaking in crust: let simmer & don't eat it all at once.I always ate too much until my plate emptied. I don't wantto go, but I am alone in this feeling. Left to carry it gracefullyuntil I'm alive in someone else's memory. "
3 " It wasn't that I didn't love you–I needed protecting frommy sisters & brothers / the oneswhose anger I takebecause each pain means I wasalive. My first memory comesnot from your lovebut theirs. "
4 " … A librarian hands mea book of poetry – says it'll be my wayof staying alone. Most wordsmean nothing when there's noright font for my feelings. "
