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Vandal Poem of the Day: August 29, 2022

 by Tamiko Beyer

Your lip cracks, sweet
water. Like to like we bleed.

Our tidal current widens the way. Not
a breaking. An easing.

Uprivered by salt winds
to home horizon, our border

hearts open. Our reed bodies fill brimful
with river water, fill brimful with rain.

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