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the widower

a goodbye

By kpPublished 2 years ago • 1 min read

though i love the cool breath you left on

my neck lingering years past our

last goodbye, i can't live a

life where you still raise the

peach fuzz on my nape.

your pillow still

smelling like

you. you're

gone.

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kp

I am a non-binary, trans-masc writer. I work to dismantle internalized structures of oppression, such as the gender binary, class, and race. My writing is personal but anecdotally points to a larger political picture of systemic injustice.

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