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by John Rodzvilla, published in Issue Eleven.

This child, born of foam.
This child,
bit
the
rag
and
bet
on
gloss and doubt.
Shells closed to the air.
Shells opened to the humidity
And revealed a gentle brothel
On the field of war.

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