[ The Lethal Salinity of The Truth ]

Her words are not for me
not about me
Her words are not for me
not about me
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am i allowed
To float Her words aloud
To sink them in my mind
To lap them from the page

i accidentally swallow,
then gulp down Her Salt words/
like when the surf breaks
and surprises an exhilarated, Great Lakes girl
with a mouthful of seawater
during her first swim in the Ocean

Her words were not meant for me
Her words were not meant for me
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but

they quenched then drowned me anyway