“No One Can Give You What You Take From Yourself” by Alicia Jo Rabins

A poem by alum Alicia Jo Rabins (poetry, ’09) appears at The Collagist:

Not the eye hanging from the window, concentric circles of blue and white.

Not the beer bottle standing at attention.

Not the baby inside you.

Not the midwife with her capable broad ass.

Not your mother your father your husband your first lover.

Not me reader.

Nor god.

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