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stratigrapher by Mahogany L. Browne

​there's these rocks i found after you left

sometimes, i stuff them in my pocket

finger the cold roundness; the sharp curve of the ridge,
it reminds me of your tongue, how it cut me into parts
with little effort.


i keep them next to the silence and

it's almost like you are still here.
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