From My Shelf: Reading 'A Ritualistic Guide For Purging Your Synapses Clean'

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From My Shelf: Reading 'A Ritualistic Guide For Purging Your Synapses Clean'

Enjoy this poem from my debut poetry book 'Stained Love Like Egyptian Cotton.' A little reminder of how to keep the cold of winter at bay this emotional season.

Ken Le'Marchand

Dec 13, 2023

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A Ritualistic Guide For Purging Your Synapses Clean

1From page 19 of my debut poetry book ‘Stained Love Like Egyptian Cotton.’

Stitch your never-ending afterthoughts
parallel several ellipses … …
solidifying yesterday’s nettle,
and paraphrase sentences equally
so your name appears perfectly sound.
Enter somewhere your n…

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