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Free Verse

Nadir of the Dream

She sits stitchingㅤ …stitchㅤafter stitch
body slumped in rocking momentumㅤwith each
thorn’s pierceㅤgives her prayerㅤbinds
threadingㅤoneㅤto another.ㅤListen…

Hear? Thought restrainedㅤthe chained dogs are looseㅤ
impious-light ignitingㅤmalign fierceness echo
wails crack open ears as wounds
ㅤ…for whom, exactlyㅤI…