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Red welts
bloom over my body
in slow succession
after weeks of sickness.
I scramble from closed door
to closed door all day on the phone
until control shudders away
in a pathetic pile of limbs on the floor.
Your hand swirls a small circle
on my back from which love
comes curling out the hard shell of me
to feel again through the red
the rich earth in its tendrils.
Jenna Wysong Filbrun is the author of the poetry collection, Away (Finishing Line Press, 2023). Her poems have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net and have appeared in publications such as The Dewdrop, Gyroscope Review, Wild Roof Journal, and others.
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