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porous
Rachel M. Clark

I.
trying to write this poem
it kept disappearing
every time I typed a line
it erased itself

II.
emptying your life
you throw away books
until the bookshelf is filled
with holes you want to read.

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Rachel M. Clark grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, received a BA in Drama from Bennington College, and an MDiv from San Francisco Theological Seminary. While raising her children, she was an educator, actor, and acting teacher. She lives in Falls Church, Virginia, where she helps immigrants learn English and leads a poetry circle at her local library. Clark’s poems have appeared in St. Luke Review, Arlington (VA) Public Library’s Quaranzine, Amethyst Review, Poetry for Mental Health (and in its anthology, Mental Health), the Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, and Grey Sparrow Journal.

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