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"I am trying to hold in one steady glance / all the parts of my life." — Adrienne Rich, from the poem "Toward the Solstice"

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All the parts of my life

"I am trying to hold in one steady glance / all the parts of my life." — Adrienne Rich, from the poem "Toward the Solstice"

Draft — fragment

January 11, 2009

I am the same as ever I have been.
Lying hollow on my pillow, making lists
of scars and sins.

© All the parts of my life 2008-2015.
depression poetry

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