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Mother's Daughter
by Andrea Wagner
I wish I could say it’s been months
But it’s been so long;
You point your camera and tell me to smile
And I give it my all, my best ones
Are always for you.

When did this happen?
When did I put away my heart,
Gross, quivering, so vulnerable,
Heavy and dark and wanting
But knowing I can’t?

​It keeps happening, yesterday, today, tomorrow stalks behind me with a bomb but no batteries, a fist in my mouth and disgust pours out of me with every second I keep trying to help you, I really do, but I keep messing up, I keep hitting walls, I want to get away but I

can’t.

I don’t want to get in trouble

I don’t want to hurt you

Mother, Mater,

I love you but it’s hard.
Penumbra @ Stan State
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