dear oliver,
it went something like this:
your mom: oliver is in a bad place, quinn.
me: i know, and i’m sorry he is.
your mom: it isn’t your fault. he’s been
talking lately about his father.
do you know about him?
me: yes, i do.
your mom: oh, really? what do you
know?
me: i know enough to say you
didn’t deserve it.
she hugged me and cried. i hugged
her back for a minute or two and
let her cry a river of sadness.
quinn
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PoetryQuinn scribbles tainted emotions across thin layers of white paper. But to who? To someone who blinks once, sees her, and blinks again-just to make her disappear. To someone who sees her as a symbol of the ocean. To someone who thinks the ocean is...