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touch-starved waistlines recollect memories in old text messages and incomplete composition notebooks they argue with themselves about self-preservation in a predatory wilderness: the privacy of homes and thick bedroom walls with birds calling them from hiding spots amongst the fear and hope unfounded and unfound & steady hands let go of their centers to grip reluctance in pens recording the songs of bluebirds outside, outside, outside as growth sets in with resignation smiles