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Jac Jenkins
Nails
You
My baby is craniofacially flawed.
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My baby is born a wilted orchid.
the
My baby is a mouthful of broken sprockets.
nails
My baby calls himself a prophet.
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My baby is wrists with red-beaded lines.
your
My baby sticks bliss in his veins.
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First published in Landfall 235 (Autumn, 2018)
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