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  Evolution

  By Edye P., pittsburgh, PA

  we evolved from nothing. given only our ground as platform we struggled to walk on two feet watched a ball of light rise and set on either side of something we eventually named “horizon” and a moon that changed shape from crests into spheres come nightfall we were given plains empty ...
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  Wreckage

  By Edye P., pittsburgh, PA

  Upon impact I was stopped completely, Watching their car devour yours Almost entirely… I knew nothing of you. Nameless, I watched the sirens around you Unravel their sound- Sending it forward Lighting the sky of night in reds; The wreckage in pieces of steel and mess. They attempted to ...
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  Newsweek

  By Edye P., pittsburgh, PA

  There is a picture of you, Nameless Man, On the corner of this spread and I study your face Your knuckles curled under, your knees pressed to The ground, your rifle pointing forward Bullets strung in strands around your chest, around your Waist in rounds Their heads facing upward – a...
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  Knowing Nothing of This ’Til Then

  By Edye P., pittsburgh, PA

  I was younger then, but only by months. Curiosity settled unbearably throughout my limbs And I waited Patiently for you to carry yourself down wooden stairs Rightleftright – my ear against olive-colored carpet To make sure that coast was clear Hands resting on hinge of drawer and pulling I ...
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  Life Is Beautiful

  By Edye P., pittsburgh, PA

  life is beautiful I realized wide awake beneath another morning the sun beaming against my pillowcase warming my cheeks a rosy pink and freckled mess how blessed I am to be inside of this body finally appreciating it’s machinery and breath it took me years, 17, to appreciate me,...
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  Refuge

  By Edye P., Pittsburgh, PA

  I am never still, You see- I never rest Constantly in motion I have always Questioned my place Was I to be a runner? My knees bent, Arms thrusting forward, biting wind Not with knees like this- They would never last! Or in medicine? Curing ailments, slicing belly’s- Carving sk...
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  Everything Beneath

  By Edye P., Pittsburgh, PA

  “we have yet to break the surface” I whispered after hours of scratching the stars away from the sky with my fingertips to cusp them inside of my hands and feel their light. I had every intention of stripping the darkness from the night – of pulling the constellations away from thei...
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  For The Lives Lost In Pursuit.

  By Edye P., Pittsburgh, PA

  For The Lives Lost In Pursuit I was born with silver-coated skin gold coins pressed against my tongue, blanketed in cottonwood fleece, my initials hand-stitched in every corner. I had nothing to fend for – not a life to lose for anything but myself. My forefathers told the history books ...