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An Introduction

Cora Taylor

Good morning
My name is Cora
Replacement for Olivia
Who didn’t make it to term

My name is Cora and my mom
Only wanted two kids
So if Olivia had made it
I would never have been

My name is Cora
But my mom almost named me Ruby
After a cleaning lady
Mom worshipped as a young girl

Ruby is a bright name, a deep name
But then that damn song got popular
And Mom didn’t want any jokes
About me turning my red light on

My name is Cora
But my name would have been Ross
If I had been a boy. Ross Lee.
Mom only wanted daughters, though

The last Cora was my grandma’s grandma
No one remembers what she was like.
There’s only one picture of her
She wore a smirk that was ahead of her time

The last Cora, hell, the first Cora
Lived on a farm, and had a herd of cows
All I have of her is head lead milk cow’s bell
My name is Cora and I ring, ring, ring

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