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do you know i know?

January 19, 2021
By vben BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
vben BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
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Favorite Quote:
“(I am large, I contain multitudes.)” -Walt Whitman, Song of Myself


the sounds of your snores are as sonorous as before the dog curled beside you because she knows no different 
they say sex makes you sleep that well
but you came home 2 hours ago and ate with mom and i. 
i thought you’d be better at hiding this 
i thought i would be able to see through her 
but every day at 12 we sit and have lunch the same.
how could you make a commitment to someone and not have the courage to break it?
how could you? 


The author's comments:

This poem is a deeply personal scene from my life that I hope to include in a larger anthology called "the daughter".


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