poetry critical

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Random Poem:

Conch Shells
bowiegirl

On the back of a worn
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poem written for
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someone else, someone
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I can love safely in a
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memory, I attempt a
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thought for you:
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You are heavy
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you sink into me
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I on the bottom of the
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sea hold my breath
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and let my head
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fill with salt water.
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Down here,
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I don't need to think
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just comb my hands
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into the sand
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searching for conch shells
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that sound like the
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hollow heart that
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moves me.
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Like eb and flow
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I'll blame my
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fleeting passes
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on the phases of the
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moon.
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