appealing

The Maynard
Spring 2020

griffin epstein
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Poem Containing Only Words I Hate

child
                                           unfolding

crevice                              moist                              pleasure

public young men

satisfaction

unaware but belonging

                                           all that shame has taken

and kept                          my tongue

squirming                       pink

                         mothers

lined up                          with testimony

                                                                       trust me
I won’t hurt you
                                                      because                  I don’t want to