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    THREE POEMS

    Jul 01, 2020 2 minutes
    CASSIE DONISH

    Survival Gown

    Beneath your skin, a flood
    of glass is surfacing. It means I stay
    alone for years

    during your week
    in the hospital. You breathe like rose
    hips crushed, mouth too muddy

    to believe. I’m one to talk.The stylist asks if I want my liesto show through. I wade intoa flooded pass. No doctorsattend to me. I dream your departure,parting my hair

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