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Scribbled

Filling in the blanks

By Veronica WrenPublished 8 days ago 1 min read
Patrick Hasson's Rainbowland. Photo by author: Veronica Wren

How to describe it,
but to say I feel scribbled?
Uneven fits of pressure
stuck between pages.
Wrecked, abandoned draft;
wrinkled up, tossed aside.
Lone spiral in the corner,
ragged and smeared.
Shaken for ink,
this close to running out.

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Veronica Wren

Trauma sucks, recovery shouldn't.

Displaced survivor. Ex-cop turned activist researcher. Investigating abusive systems harming our health.

Forever wishing I could recover my old Vocal + account.

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    Written by Veronica Wren