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The light! The light!
I tricked it and it fell
Bang! on the wood

I put it back in the sky
but now a crack extends
from horizon to horizon

as if a long black hair
stretches across
the sky

its shadow
glued
to everything



Writer, educator, and healing arts practitioner Shilpa Kamat was a finalist for the 2018 Gloria Anzaldúa Poetry Prize. Her chapbook, Saraswati Takes Back the Alphabet, was published by Newfound in 2019. Shilpa has an MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College. You can read more about her work at shilpakamat.com.
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