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sometimes I flash forward and cry
I am afraid to have this thought.
a 1.5 bedroom apartment in a city I can bear,
metallic hangers and art featuring dark girls,
their faces obscured by large flowers
and overgrown fruit
a bed so heavy it startles the sinking hips
a man with my feet in his hands
who half-coos, “I bet you were hard
to find before I found you”
all the things glimmering,
the man’s eyes growling,
each fruit unripe
everything wishing
to be unfound
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Renia White is a poet and instructor originally from Maryland. Her first book, Casual Conversation, was named a BOA Editions, Ltd. Blessing the Boats Selection. She earned her BA from Howard University and her MFA from Cornell. She teaches writing in NYC, where she lives. Her work has appeared in publications such as The Recluse, Southern Indiana Review, Slice, and elsewhere.
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Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Drown, 2012, acrylic, colored pencil, and solvent transfer on paper.
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