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Winter 1985   Vol. 2 #2
Winter 1985   Vol. 2 #2

Poems/Not Poems

Called It Loneliness

By Rebecca Radner

 
 

 

As long as I called it loneliness,

it stayed small and domestic, cured by

hot baths, phone calls, and books

in bed. When I called it love,

it grew sharper and twisted. It lived

in my body, and scratched up small

pieces for its nest. When I called

it life, it damn near killed me,

striking right to the center. I think

I’ll take back its name

and give us both a chance.

 

 


From the Winter 1985 issue of Inquiring Mind (Vol. 2, No. 2)
Text © 1985–2023 by Rebecca Radner
 
 
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