There were these episodes/Lassie was finding homes for/giving away her puppies/I would run away crying/hide among my mother’s controlled chaos sewing room/the one mysterious temple/we could not approach/ I huddled with bric a brac/vogue patterns/simplicity and mcCall/I watched myself sob in the floor length mirror/pain oddly displayed and shared/until resolved/episode over/arms held me/ voice whispered/ someday/ someday/you will want a place of your own/shhh/shhh/someday/a long time away/and not yet

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