sugar, salt, and strong women

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instead of letting
the salt in your wounds
seep into your soul
you're one to take life
with a grain of sugar

and feed even your enemies
'till they are full

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the woman who raised me taught me not to quiver when the ground shakes beneath my feet, but collect the fallen fruits and bake a fresh apple pie."

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