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“And If She Dies Before I Wake” and “My Cat Always Hears My Writer’s Block”

In Issue 53 by Jenny KetoSeptember 1, 2021

Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my Soul to keep,
and if I die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my Soul to take.
Mother changed the last words
of my nightly prayer in attempt
to stave me from the futility of
how we all end—in an attempt
to save me from her.

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