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Grey,

July 12, 2010
By PrettyGreenGoat BRONZE, Rochester, New York
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not black,
not the color of the irises
but the pigment she professed
when she cured me
of aniridia,
and feathers of
almost-white
smoke
licked my face
as I coughed
up whatever lack of
color remained.

© Michelle K., Vancouver, WA

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