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Recorded Reading (1:10): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7qdwf9wj4y1jno6ssqp1e/the-sisters-come-together.mp3?rlkey=6q3sc5u75aqad8w5h77rre8xf&dl=0

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the sisters come together

back in days we
hearken from
in tale and song
when life go wrong

the sisters come
together

accident
injury
childbirth
weather

birds of many a
different feather

you could find
sighted, blind
old and young
thereamong

suddenly
they appear
come from far
come from near
they are here
quietly

hardly notice
make the poultice
brew the tea
healing be
get no thinner —
made your dinner

help with weaving
for the grieving
mending, stitcin’
clean the kitchen

carpet beat
wash the sheet
feed the child
manner mild

in that day
from here we see,
who chronically
lonely
be,

it’s fair to say

they may
have had themselves
a better way

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This poet presently lives at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level.

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