“Dog-paddle” by Michelle Knickerbocker

The stinging belly-flop
into the toxic, easy water
of self pity’s shallow pools
make the gravity
of climbing out and back up
monumentally heavier
than if I’d just cried
on dry ground
and moved on.

-Michelle Knickerbocker

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