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Thin Ice

March 18, 2013
By nightfallsfast SILVER, Clemmons, North Carolina
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"How did I know that someday- at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere- the bell jar with its stifling distortions, wouldn't descend again?" -Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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When I read, I often
pause,
to take a deep breath,
inhaling the words
deeply
into my lungs--
in hopes they may find a home
between my skin
to keep me warm,
ensuring I will
always
have a part of me to love.

© Monica L., St. George, UT

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