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Firstborn by Louise Glück
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“Birth, not death, is the hard loss.
I know. I also left a skin there.”
― Louise Glück, Firstborn

tags: birth, change, death, loss, poem, poetry

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“In Westchester, the crocus spreads like cancer.

This will be the death of me. I feel the leaves close in,
Promise threaten from all sides and above.”
― Louise Glück, Firstborn

tags: bulbs, claustrophobia, crocus, danger, death, easter, poem, poetry, promise, spring

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“The supper's freezing in the dark”
― Louise Glück, Firstborn

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