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EVP 3 (A Poem)

October 9, 2023 / Katie / 6 Comments

for us
there is no
time
though
once
there was
rest
we cannot go
we cannot go

EVP 1

EVP 2

Ghost Girl 2 (A Poem)

October 6, 2023October 5, 2023 / Katie / 23 Comments

I’m just here
in the corner –
I watch,
I see,
but no one sees me.
They pace the floor,
drink their tea
and count the hours.
The world turns and
I am still,
more solid somehow
than before.
It is an enviable position,
to be invisible.
They say it’s the fate
of all women:
to disappear.

Ghost Girl 1

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