to all the poems i never wrote.

to all the poems i never wrote.

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to all the poems i never wrote.
to all the poems i never wrote.
mother…

mother…

my mother: a firecracker a jesus a saint a god a church a mood a color a livewire a humbling thunder an architect part magician half planet…

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Joél Leon
May 14, 2017
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to all the poems i never wrote.
to all the poems i never wrote.
mother…
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my mother: a firecracker a jesus a saint a god a church a mood a color a livewire a humbling thunder an architect part magician half planet a glitter a galaxy a monsoon an earthquake a sunshine an ocean a lion hair of forest once the matriarch the standard the queen the crown a sword a diamond the alpha the ark.

all Bible all Dominica all caribbe…

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