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the mere umbrage of standing, to let
wind-thwarting chains of weights
hidden in hemlines fall to the floor.
Like the rest she wears her burdens:
her heaviest veil the stinging sun,
her whorled fan frayed, her petals
perpetually on the verge of wilt
Based on Kristina Heflin’s photograph "Discarded," Volume 1: Issue 2, Winter 2016 (page 29).
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