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Aufbruch

Laura Gentile

when you died 

I let the food 

that I couldn’t finish 

go bad in the fridge 

and I never forgot 

that it was there 

if I wanted it 

until it turned into the past



figure model: @stephanie_herself

About the Author

Laura Gentile is a figurative artist with three degrees and a pentalingual poetess of German-Italian descent whose work focuses on transgenerational trauma, grief, violence, and abuse.

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