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Wishing Girls and Praying Women
November 29, 2023
Growing girl, wishing on stars, “Can I be big?” she asked asteroid.
A woman now, masked in Sephora, stressed silver strands, dyed brown.
Faint prayers,“Could I go back?” “Just for a day?” “I’ll even pay...”
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This is a Sijo, a type of Korean poem, about wanting to grow up when you were younger, and then when you have grown up, wanting nothing more than to be young again