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Larissa Shmailo: Abortion Hallucination
In the corner of the basement where my father used to lie I watch, interested, as the snake grows larger and more menacing I am taken slightly aback but remember him remember that I like handling snakes and smile and as always he softens grows smaller becomes a hippopotamus I have won again I have stared him down made him warm and the Nile gives up its life to me animals carnivorous and calm come home to me two by two I watch for the longest time until the largest fills the window with his face black as light Agnus Dei for this man’s baby for this man’s baby for this man’s baby came the flood. ----- Larissa Shmailo is a poet, novelist, translator, editor, writing coach, and critic. Larissa Shmailo's new book is the Writing Resilience Workbook, a book of prompts desgned to elicit elements of the writer's story and form the basis of a memoir. Copyright 2022 Larissa Shmailo. First published in Choice Words: Writers on Abortion, edited by Annie Finch
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I’m amazed, and its a good week to begin in amazement.
She raises the illimitable possibilities of poetry once again to my and everyone’s life.
We’re going to need poetry like nobody’s business these coming days, no matter what happens.
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I agree, Sean!
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