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Auntie's Cancerous Heart
December 11, 2018
Spencer doesn’t stand to speak
because his heart hurts too hard.
My auntie is absent,
but his momma is missing.
Two stars wink at Spencer that night.
“Momma?” he asks. I grip his hand tight.
© Allison H., Vancouver, WA
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