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Joanna C. Valente

I Ain't No Angel, Says The Empress (III)

I love forever
but not like a mother.
Name yourself for that hunger,
masturbating on your arm
until it becomes someone
else's. 




Joanna C. Valente is a MFA candidate in poetry writing at Sarah Lawrence College, where she is also a part-time mermaid. She founded and currently edits Yes, Poetry. She can be found at joannavalente.com




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