Fight-flight-freeze

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Written by Catherin J Pascal Dunk

Sticks and stones
the dead-name zone

cryogenic capsule
:little girl:
meat self

packaged like
lamb      frozen
leftover

And it’s not
OK

Sticks and stones
the dead-name zone

I pass —
why poach
a brittle gain?

family bones
bust-bend and break

Sticks and stones
the dead-name zone

It’s not
It’s not

OK?

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