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  April 2022     2 years ago

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Wings of Water

with my arms tied behind my back,
I had to use teeth;
in the worst ways

Lived a third of my life as a stone,
as you chiseled pieces from me;
I’ll always have these scars

still managed to love others without teeth,
with the bite marks...

– by Shawn Lyons

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