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​Priestess Miriam's Voodoo Temple, New Orleans
by Alyssa Yankwitt

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According to the “Cemetery Voodoo” guide
Priestess Miriam is legit.

She reads the lines in my palm like a poem,
her voice conjures incense and swamp,
says: this city is alive with death;

she knows I fit right in.
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