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By: Hokis May 19, 2020May 19, 2020
MENTAL HEALTH, POETRY & PROSEdomestic violence

{to} Stay Home {is not to} Stay Safe

Featured Image: Wall Street Journal

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Hurt you –

lying? think

not.

sure, I

mean, what?

– not

batter lids.

silent!

– fair,

battered lids:

drip

true

does not

mean, what?

sure, true –

for

me, never

you.

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MENTAL HEALTH, POETRY & PROSEdomestic violence
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Hokis is an American poet of Armenian descent. She is Founder and Senior Editor of Headline Poetry & Press and a regular contributor to Reclamation Magazine. Hokis is widely published digitally and in print. Her poetic memoir "OnBecoming: Aesthetic Evolution of This Rising Ancestor" is available on Amazon or through your indie bookstore. For more, visit hokis.blog.

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