LOVE this, Connie. Bravas

…ood enough for us — 
to have a place in their perfect world.
I knew the lie was good enough for me,
but it grew bigger and bigger
until it all unraveled. 
I was the stutter 
the silence 
the tangled zipper 
the wrinkled linen
the broken glass
in yesterday’s trash.
And perhaps that’s the reason
I see myself 
in the rearview mirror
and became brave enough to becom…
Becoming a Poet
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Connie Song
Jenine Bsharah Baines
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Jun 12, 2024
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LOVE this, Connie. Bravas
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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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