Kendra Allen

Who saw the sticky tie itself
To my navel

My hair the color of damp sand now
Because I made it that way

Lethargic, because I was madethat way
Forcep baby, forced into my life

Trying constantly to omit myself back
Into the body

My sex wet
In Mama's gut
Because, yes.

Not sure if I wanted to be here
Now I change cities every couple of years

It's a cessation whenever I'm touched
from the book THE COLLECTION PLATE / Ecco
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