Carmine
By Ren Wilding
“At the pharmacy, I pluck butterfly wings / from my wallet to stop / anything from fluttering in you.”
By Ren Wilding
“At the pharmacy, I pluck butterfly wings / from my wallet to stop / anything from fluttering in you.”
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