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By Elizabeth Acevedo

voice of incoming 2 express train


pray herself altar


contort mouth shotgun:


sawed off           a saw


soften tongue songbird


hands mosaicked mirrors


donning skin like battle gear


dawning skin like evening gown


this name pinned on her shoulders;


a heavy mantle. an incantation.


 


Source: Poetry (February 2021)

  • Living
  • Relationships

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Elizabeth Acevedo
Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times bestselling author of Clap When You Land (2020), With the Fire on High (2019), and The Poet X (2018), all from HarperCollins. See More By This Poet

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