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Your mouth is an open cut in Time

What tense do we belong in? I prolong a period / into a comma. I want to revive we’s we’ve archived. / I would let Time drown like a sparrow in a lake

By Ron Anahaw
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Poetry | Poetry Tuesday, poetry
January 28, 2020
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Ron Anahaw is a playwright, poet, and multimedia creator. He is a graduate of Bennington College with a BA in Drama and Literature. His work has been accepted or developed in the Brevity blog, Kenyon Playwrights Conference, and Riza Press. He is currently based in NYC, where he works at Upstart Co-Lab.

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