Brutal but beautiful

she will bleed on the inside 
each inch of her child’s flesh 
un-sanctified by brackish waters 
no baptism
blue lips silenced by the tide 
her tangle of clothes 
tossed across juvenile bones 
where pain rests 
submerged on driftwood 
and buried on shingle
Why Arrange it thus …
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Jenine Bsharah Baines
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Feb 8, 2023
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Written by Jenine Bsharah Baines3K Followers
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J…Jen…Jeni…Jenine... Proper names are poetry in the raw. (W.H. Auden) Poet, singer, seeker, hippie grandmother gleefully revealing herself
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