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Sophia Argyris
I Lost the Stars When I Came to the City
They were the first thing to go,
as if they had tumbled from my
pockets on the way here, a bright
trail leading back to the forest.
Other things fell away later,
with less drama. Naivety, youth,
silence. Less real to begin with.
Now I carry with me things made
of paper: a novel, a notebook.
Their bound spines make mine
stronger, and like skin, their covers
conceal and console.
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