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Nails

You

My baby is craniofacially flawed. 

weigh               

My baby is born a wilted orchid.

the

My baby is a mouthful of broken sprockets.

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My baby calls himself a prophet.

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My baby is wrists with red-beaded lines.

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My baby sticks bliss in his veins.

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First published in Landfall 235 (Autumn, 2018)

Jac Jenkins

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