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for Violet Jean (Free verse) by jay_dace
how my hands learned to look like yours
how i woke up hiding like you
behind circumstance
behind telephone
behind my own anger
to which, i refused to surrender
but you boiled famously and furiously
and how i learned to cower
in your crosshairs--on the surface, fixed solely on me
in actuality, fixed on your god
your dread
your misunderstanding of yourself
how easy it remains to miss the underneath
how seemingly empowering it is to choose fury over fear
not grasping their mutual inexclusivity
forgive me for the moment
of my analytical departures
of my soapboxing
i do not mean to test violent Jean
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