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 Jun 2020 Amna Khan
Charlotte Ivy
Mirror mirror on the wall I’d give anything to be small.
Feeling like the hippopotamus waiting to be kissed by the prince. Are little girls supposed to hate themselves like this.
I want to lead, be a Princess a Queen? Someday I’ll be what the people demand of me.
Adjust the corset, tighter ... tighter. Stomach acid rises, my crown slips off.
I am slowly decaying, the Princess of rot.
 Jun 2020 Amna Khan
Al
On the edge
 Jun 2020 Amna Khan
Al
He sits alone
lost his smile.

No face today
he's disfigured.
Myths are often
Tales of origins

We then explore again

Rain comes pourin' in

           Escape!
you only love me in the silence I keep
I wet my tongue with white wine
quiet,
and when you slumber I speak
each syllable a liberation.
Ryan's 4th Ward polls
My brother Ryan

Death in the gutter
But dyin' tryin'

         Reynolds?!
there’s
something
comforting
about
the
vacancy
in
­my
heart
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