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daddy's adopted korean "Geisha" girl

Leaving
myself
 
w/ a man
I can’t
respect,
 
my body’s
memories
 
are pure
rage. It
 
becomes so
normal, I
 
don’t hide the
evidence.
 
The heart wants what it wants — 
to love
 
soberly, freely.
I know your
 
music, daddy &
my fear
has
 
a purpose.
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Unknown. Image from page 260 of Bulletin de la Société botanique de Genève, 1909. Via Flickr. Licensed under CC.

Bo Schwabacher’s poems have appeared in CutBank, diode, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and others. She teaches at Northern Arizona University.
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