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“Thoughts My Morning Coffee Stirs”, “Hangnails and Other Bad Habits” and “Stay in the Lines”

In Poetry Issue 12 by Chloe McMurrayMarch 30, 2018

Thoughts My Morning Coffee Stirs

I believe in the strength of the first sip of coffee
and the rickety leg on the chair at the table.
I believe her tattooed shoulder, against my tattooed thigh
never altered the planet’s arch,
nor the speed cancer grows on a kidney,
nor how many children will be cold tonight as they sleep.

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