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This poem is from the book How to Escape a Burning House by Eileen Lawrence (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/how-to-escape-a-burning-house-by-eileen-lawrence/
Eileen Lawrence’s poetry has been published by Dos Gatos Press, Mutabilis Press, the Fargo Public Library, Visions International, Equinox Journal, and Kindred Characters, and online in The Ekphrastic Review and formidable woman sanctuary. She lives in central Texas with her husband, her two children, and their three cats, and can be found on social media as @eileenwritesit.
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