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We have not touched the stars,
nor are we forgiven, which brings us back
to the hero’s shoulders and a gentleness that comes,
not from the absence of violence, but despite
the abundance of it.
[text image: “i tried to forget / but you grew roots around my ribcage / and sprouted flowers / just below my collarbones. / all day I pluck their petals / but I have not yet ascertained / whether you love me / or not”.]