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Roy Clark died the day my uterus caved in.
I'd like to sleep for a century or longer
protected by brambles
follow bread crumbs home bathed in moonglow
let down my hair so that a man
maddened by my voice
could fuck away my song
but the cheap nail polish bottles clustered on my dresser
are my only stories
I've been hospitalized twice
poked and prodded
given pills but no diagnosis
I've cried in closets
drawn aliens on my arms
with black ink
hidden from the voices in household appliances
none of that
adds up
to much of anything
Dolly Parton made her mama proud.