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The Jam Files #10 : Just For You

Your homeland stays inside your bloodstream. When you’re away from it for too long your veins begin to burn with longing.

I wanted to wake up,
but I’m a glutton
for seeing how things
turn out

this could be
viewed as a
re-visitation
of the glory days

I am ready to talk about quarantine.

reminiscing on
eyeliner so thick
everyone will know
you’re crying

This winter has been a deep freeze.

My poor husband is in the hospital…

I have learned to be glad
for the things I’ll
never understand

This year most of
the world walked
a bit in my
self-isolation moccasins