In my first week of social work in the emergency room, I’ve picked up my patients’ pain, and it burrows into my skin all the way home.
2.2
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Zero Sum Game
A is for admiration, which is what you want from him more than anything. To inspire wonder is your goal, but you get the sense you’re failing miserably.
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Visitation: Tomoka Correctional Institution (and other poems)
My brother is lead-chipped metal,
pimp walk in blue prison jumpsuit.