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Moist Poetry Journal

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Plunder

April 9, 2022April 9, 2022 MPJ
Pomegranate — ripe,
Unbroken —

I, too, hide my heart —
Fruitlessly.

J-T Kelly is an innkeeper in Indianapolis, Indiana. He lives in a brick house with his wife and five children, his two parents, and a dog.

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