Sheet Music
poems by Marina Blitshteyn

"Influential Ghosts"
dear mothers, dear daughters,
dear pen-pals,
fellow students, former
employees, professors,
educators in
general, dear somebody
else’s headache,
dear mistake
or accident, dear
wistful woman,
why so sad,
dear solitude,
dearly departed,
why your hand,
dear empathy,
dear nuanced
understanding,
dear plight
of the advanced
professional,
dear single
looking
for a partner,
dear partner,
dearest,

 

 

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