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Examined

By Monica Gupta, COMP student

I am sorry.
I am sorry.
I am sorry.

I have said it
A thousand times in two years
I wanted to be there.
I didn’t mean it.
I hope you’re well.

Please forgive me

But the one person

Missing an apology
Is the one I stare down daily
As though searching for sub-epithelial humps, or membrane splitting
As though I could suture the cracks back together.

But sometimes, under a different lens, she has more of a starry-sky appearance
Something more Lord Byron than like Burkitt.
And as the shapes emerge and shift with time

I discover stars are useless without night
And for every load we lift, we’ll better fight
And that our biggest wars are in our minds

Photo by Katelyn Reist, Veterinary Medicine student

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