10 Things to Say When Meeting a Miracle by Dana Kinsey | One Poem Only
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10 Things to Say When Meeting a Miracle
Dana Kinsey
~for Miraku Uwadiae
1. I never knew a woman who skyscrapers a cornfield like you.
2. Life plucks Hope’s feathers, but you sew them back. Never pierce my skin.
3. Your “amen” translates into 500 languages, a Kapok tree teeming with animal
sighs, a storm of Nigerian tears, a dog-earred book of psalms.
4. I love how you allow dreams to rouse you from bed mornings when each bone
wants to sink into sheets.
5. You chase laughter down long dark hallways, even days with no pay…
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