Ritual
By Joe Woodward
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There’s no way not to
Think of you
As I skin
The pink honey crisp
For my pie
It takes a half dozen
Apples remember
Two cups of flour
A pinch of soda
So much cold butter
I read today
Trauma can be
Passed down
To the face
Of a gene
But also that the body
Not the body but
The smallest cells
Will try to
Strip the terrors clean
– Joe Woodward