NADIA FARJAMI
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POETRY
black hole
this is where the pendulum takes
her last breath, where the
minute-hand (a mother),
croons her last lullaby,
where the second-hand (a newborn),
swallows her last sip of unsalted milk;
this is where time begs,
crawling onto her
hands and knees, &
stops breathing, frozen
Nadia Farjami is a poet from California. Her work has been recognized by The New York Times, Cathexis Northwest Press, High Shelf Press, The Esthetic Apostle, The National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Prometheus Dreaming, Polyphony LIT, Youth Poet Laureate, Body Without Organs Literary Journal, Marmalade Magazine, Cagibi Literary Journal, The Athena Review, and more.
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Beautiful,
wow