promises

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this is for the girl raised by ghosts:

the dusk-stained room
and sepia bed
and fingernails digging into your arm
and voices telling you "no"
and a carpet soiled and rotten
and scratching in the attic
and tears
and quiet sobs
and screen-lit rooms
and late night swearing
and silent offices
and moth-wing fields

are
not
n o r m a l

- one day you will grow and leave and know what normal is

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