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for Vanessa<\/em><\/p>\n

She runs her finger
\nacross tubes of paint, tosses them
\non the kitchen table where a clatter
\nof color spreads out. Midnight blue
\noverlaps umber, something new<\/p>\n

and nameless, like the look
\non her mother\u2019s face
\nthe night the police shot her uncle.
\nMauve and periwinkle, named
\nby someone long before she was born,
\nwhen she was just a dab in the swirl.<\/p>\n

Yellow bleeds red seeps orange.
\nWords keep changing, too. Sometimes
\nit\u2019s victim, other times, survivor.
\nWords gather themselves
\nin strands, like the crystal beads
\nher mother wears to capture the light.
\nEvery night she comes home
\nfrom the hospital saying soon, soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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