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Fielding
Lydia Bush

Oh, I don't trust anyone


further than I can throw them,
or, more importantly,


closer than I
can extend my arms


to hit them.


I've got the red, green,
and yellow flags catalogued,


got the people, who play their games, categorized
into boxes.


I shake the safe box


vigorously
in my excitement,


break a few
necks at times,


but never crawl inside.

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Lydia Bush

Lydia Rae Bush (she/her) is a poet writing on embodiment, trauma recovery, and social-emotional development. Her work can be found in publications such as Discretionary Love, The Open Culture Collective, and Poetry as Promised Magazine. Her chapbook Free Bleeding is forthcoming with MANICPIXIE PUBLISHING. linktr.ee/lydiaraebush.

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