<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=482028" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Displaced</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It began at birth, when she summoned<br>All her might against a steady rhythm <br>Forcing her through a dark and wet canal.<br>Twenty hours she held fast, until she felt<br>the forceps close on her head. She tried <br>to cry out, but her lungs and nostrils were<br>full of a thick, viscous fluid. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Although her eyes were closed, she felt the<br>Harshness of a light above, as she emerged.<br>Hands reached down and shoved something in<br>her nostrils to clear the fluid. The same hands<br>grasped her tiny ankles and lifted upward. <br>She began to retch, and felt her lungs <br>Empty more fluid.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A slap stung her backside forcing a scream; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">She cried her first bitter tears; <br>Tears for the imprisonment of her spirit<br>Tears for the pain of physical density.<br>Tears of sorrow for her future death.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(To Erika) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">ROTMS</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ray+Lucero">Ray Lucero</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=482028" data-title="Displaced de Ray Lucero" data-description="It began at birth, when she summoned All her might against a steady rhythm Forcing her through a dark and wet canal. Twenty hours she held fast, until she felt the forceps close on her head. She tried to cry out, but her lungs and nostrils were ..."></div> </div> </div>

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