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my best friend tells me I need to “aim lower”
when I tell him about my new crush.
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I couldn’t help myself
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I was just so excited to share the news
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In 2014, CBC published an article with a poll asking everyday Canadians if they would
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ever be OK or comfortable in a romantic relationship with an aboriginal
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the article is titled:
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“People on the Prairies Less Tolerant”
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my first memory of rage is screaming at the landlord who made my mother cry
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I was four
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the rent was due
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she kicked him out for the last time
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I wonder out loud if anyone can love Native women
in the way we deserve to be loved because
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late at night, I am always uncertain.
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they all nod solemnly because they all know exactly what I was saying even though
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I needed them to disagree
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and if these words
don’t kill you
first it will
be the cops
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and if
these words
don’t kill you
first it will
be the
poverty
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and if
these words
don’t kill you
first it will
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be the
longing
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Still, I cannot write another poem about death I
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cannot write another line about death I cannot write another line about death I cannot
write another word about anything but
your generous, gentle, sweet eyes
and the magical kind of way all the tension drains
from my body when I know you’re
in the same city
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and
I found a diary entry, written when I was fourteen years old:
“don’t be afraid”
I found a diary entry, written when I was fourteen years old:
“wear comfortable shoes”
I found a diary entry, written when I was fourteen years old:
“never stop daydreaming” and
I found a diary entry, written when I was fourteen years old:
“don’t rush, you have time” and
I found a diary entry, written when I was fourteen years old:
“and do not settle for less”.
I found a diary entry, written when I was fourteen years old:
“and do not settle for less”.
I found a diary entry, written when I was fourteen years old:
“and do not settle for less”.
“and do not settle for less”.
and do not settle for less
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