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Coming Out
by Violet Mitchell
Runestone, volume 6
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simmering in purple sand,
I am rock upon rock upon gravel
when Steph said home isn’t a place
I threw out the map
I draw bullet marginalia,
digging rust from printed line
wrinkles beginning to burn
sizzle metal doubt waxing
overgrown shin hair
pantomiming rainbow
no one guesses
until her dandruff found closed eyes
promised coordinates
her
hand was the quietest
I ever held
newborn before us
not ours by science
his
shoulder blades
sharp with liquid shadow
his
hand
a rough sketch &
the only hand my heritage will accept
Violet Mitchell
Regis University
Violet Mitchell is a Denver-based writer and artist. She is working toward a B.A S. in cognitive literary studies, while completing a competitive BA/MFA dual studies degree in creative writing in poetry, both from Regis University. Her work has been published in Loophole, Flourishing, Across the Canyon, Who’s Who, Sixfold, ANGLES, Furrow Magazine, and several other journals.