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Lydia Rae Bush Poetry

Tag: childhood trauma

Child of the Open Air

February 15, 2022February 13, 2022 Alphabet Ravine4 Comments

Grabbing my toes,
I pull my butt out from beneath me,
flip me upside down,
and shake.

I plop her back on her butt and smack
her back and wait
and wait and wait

for her to burp, spit or vomit,
or to drop from any pocket

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