perched on
our spirit
spirit of a
NATION
PROUD
deservingly
STRONG
aches of the
WORLD
carry can she
not.

— Shawn S. Zahedi

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shame has legs
like a spider

what you don’t see
crawls back into you

touches, pokes, bites
venom, invisible, light

carries through the words
unintended

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