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I am from seven houses...
five zip codes—
four schools...
I am from people yelling on the streets going club to club …
overhearing the crickets and frogs down the green country road—
pulling into the neighborhood looking at all the white picket fences...
I am from toxic screaming, “Get out!” “I don’t want you here!” “leave”…
waking up in the night; lost in confusion on where my next location will be—
abandoning my past, wishing I had a standard childhood…
I am from new family members at every christmas…
new friends I know won’t be around—
new roads we skip down, scavenging for new parks…
I am from seven houses...
five zip codes—
four schools...

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