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Anita Knox

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If I Am a Bird, Then You Are My Wings. A Pity We’re Both Broken.

Weekly Contest #313

Content Warning: Contains themes of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, illness, and murder. Please proceed with caution. I loved poetry.I loved the way it flowed, the way the timing and prose could change the story behind the words. I loved poetry that rhymed and poetry that didn’t. I wasn’t any good at writing it, though.“How’s the latest poem going, Sunshine?”My pencil squeaked forlornly over the my journal paper as I turned to look up at my mom with a grimace. She leaned against the door frame with her arms crossed and a smile that always made...

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My Husband Came Home Today

Weekly Contest #312

Content Warning- Contains themes of domestic abuse, sexual abuse, substance abuse, and mental illness. Please proceed with caution. My husband came home today. He stood in the doorway, as clean and polished as the last day I had seen him. He gave me a broad smile that tilted up on the right side where there was a faint, silvery scar. His childhood cat had given it to him, he had told me once. The pine scent of his aftershave, layered with the spice of his cologne, washed over me and sank into my senses. The familiar slant of his rugged jaw...

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