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Laura McKowen 3/11/19 Laura McKowen 3/11/19

You could be soft instead

A poem for softening.

Laura McKowen 6/16/15 Laura McKowen 6/16/15

Chapstick

I was driving my daughter to school earlier this week and absentmindedly reached for my chapstick in the console. I took off the top, and as I went to put it on, a few pieces of something poked my lips. I drew it back to investigate, annoyed.