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she is


she’s tired

her bones ache from all of the stretching and compressing
and she’s tired

 

she’s angry

her heart beats loud in her ears and she thinks violent thoughts

and she’s angry

 

she’s weeping

her eyes can’t contain the height of all the treacherous, tumultuous tears
and she’s weeping

 

she’s broken
her body is limitlessly and unrelentingly cumbersome
and she’s b r  o k e n

 
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