Erica ANZALONE earned her BFA in Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College, where she studied under Bill Knott. Her work has appeared in Poetry Motel and The Emerson Review.

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opening febrile opening again apocryphal mirror

we are inside no harm

will come traipsing

her golden hairs engagingly provocative inseminate

the opening again penetrate the sacred space of her

womb not empty like you think empty like you are you

think opening think history think bomb

think consumption

between competition and resurrection

there is an opening

between mary and jesus

there is an opening

between you and i

there is an opening

cocky petulant

independent wet

underground bloodstream

tears cleansing the wound of our becoming love

the opening yes love the opening of our Mother

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