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Sierra Nelson: Scurvy

May 13, 2011 by PBQ

seeing you
I was suddenly
on the high seas
at the salt-glint
of high noon
all my wounds
opening
each scar a blossom
desperate for a lime

Filed Under: Contributors 74, Issue 74, Poetry, Poetry 74 Tagged With: Contributors 74, Poetry, Poetry 74, Sierra Nelson

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