Jem

Don’t Wish Away Your Cracked Past, Your Crooked Toes

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don’t wish away

your cracked past, your

crooked toes, your problems

are papier mache puppets

you made or bought because the vendor

at the market was so compelling you just

had to have them. you had to have him.

and you did. and now you pull down

the bridge between your houses…

— Marty McConnell from Frida Kahlo to Marty McConnell.

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