"Turtle Shell" by Nuna W. Woofy (Getty Images)
by Stephen Jordan
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Are you a game piece?
I’m a game piece These islands? squeezed tight Can you hear the shore? it was long ago Knows where the airport is Knows your shoes well Watches you with sidelong stares Were you here before? Have you heard? Did you read? How is your home? hand-sanded Where are the others? my blood How does the day break? for years engines |
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Stephen Jordan (he/him) was born and raised in the Midwest. The son of Colombian and Serbian immigrant parents, he has taught high school English for over twenty years, taking occasional leaves of absence to live and work in South America, East Africa, and the UK.
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