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Rebecca Herrera

if only i could live in lilacs and moss and daydreams / crystal-craving caves / and with toadstools  under my eyes / but instead i'm at this gas station inserting my debit card before the / januarywind turns my hands into spacedust / since i misplaced my gloves 

i don’t think i was ever meant for breathing or having fingernails  

maybe in another life i was moonlight / or a secret / maybe two lives ago i recited wedding  hymns / under dionysus / wine spilled at my feet / the last time i visited that new york museum  on the e line / i spent ten seconds or two hours in front of a malevich square / envious of having  edges  

i don’t think i was ever meant for language or bones 

light bends from my bedroom window through a prism / projecting angels like a film reel /  arching their thousand eyes against my bookcase / my bedsheets / and the television screen /  ancient as clay 

i don’t think i was ever meant to drive to work on a tuesday morning

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Rebecca Herrera is a Salvadoran-American born and raised in New York. She earned her undergraduate degree in Art History and Museum Professions at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She usually spends her time playing animal crossing. You can find her on Instagram: @strawberry.img or on Twitter: @strawburrymoon

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