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…tter as a flock’s warcry.
The lexicon of a new species, pure, untamed.
I do not speak it fluently. At this distance, it resembles a rubber band ball,
Teeming with low fizzings, like crickets in line to have their wings ripped out.

It might blow up with the tension but more and more rubber bands gather.
I feel like a foreign visi…

Poet’s Empty Nest
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Giulia de Gregorio Listo

Elizabeth Helmich

Elizabeth Helmich

Feb 3, 2018·1 min read

You blow my mind on a regular basis, but this line, in this poem…I’m in awe.

I think you speak the language exquisitely.

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Elizabeth Helmich

Holes and a series of rabbits — my debut poetry collection — now available! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089RRRGXX/

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