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i can't articulate how much i loved this. but i think there's not a single wasted line in this entire thing.

some favorite poems are “leverage”, “three strikes”, “the ghost's daughter speaks: white elephant”, “kin”, “for Carol, who is no one”, and “the last time”.

notable favorite lines:

“I cannot help but admire
this horrible power
of mine, how each small thing
can become a death:

the lost house key,
a spoiled egg, a howling dog.

There is no prayer
or pill for this.”

* “She keepslots of     dead        cats in her freezer     says if I'm good                &pray        they will come back      to      life     &     be my pets”“Back then, I wasn't shit.Just electrified violence.All fists, piss & safety pins”“This is no poisoned applemovie-star spell, Mother.”*

“quit saying better when you mean eviscerated.”

and too many more.