“The marks blooming in her skin would be funny if you got to know her. She thought of them as quirky stamps of her personality, each drilled in like a tattoo or shiny, hidden piercing, only to become a subconscious part of her, like the color of her eyes, her hair, or her pumping heart. …”
–from Bloom to Black
Fem-Fusion: Visual Art + the Written Word / 2021 Exhibit
Front Lines Project: Poets & Physicians Document COVID-19
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