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Grounded

Sarah Lucille Marchant

we buried ourselves in the city,
thinking surely no one would
find us there

grew up tall together
like sunflowers
sectioned off
by the panels of a fence

my dreams were reined in,
sunk into layers of sheets
and saving pennies from the sidewalk
even though you told me
they wouldn’t get us anywhere

after all these years,
you still pat our daughter
on her shoulder
as she draws her blue skies
with a touch that tells her
you wanted a boy instead

and whenever I turn
to kiss you good night,
you roll over

still silently rejecting
my love

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