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​The Dress

A million miles of white
in the hands of women,

blood memory beyond my reach.

A million miles of white for the girl I meant to be.

Here a honeycombed head could remember
its’ tired history of secret wishes,
all the goods I could have been.




Shannon Quinn lives in Toronto. Her work has appeared in Maisonneuve, THIS Magazine, Existere, Subterrain, Halfway Down the Stairs and Sein und Werden.




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