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the day is a series of catchphrases
the sun rises and falls
casts the same judging glare
through her living room window
she’s forgotten what the air feels like
when it catches and holds in her throat
like all of the words she’d tossed into
a jar before she dared to try them on for size
somewhere her daughter
cries in unpredictable patterns
quiet, loud, a siren’s wail
barely breathing but never more alive
life thrums at the edges of her doorstep
she counts the crows huddled
along the power lines
and steps back inside
Nicole Marie
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