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The Ten Thousand Doors of January

Alix E. Harrow

“If you are too good and too quiet for too long, it will cost you. It will always cost you.”

— Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January


the place where we once had a picnic
is now underwater

that one thick branch
of the shade tree
is now hovering
over the rippling surface

its trunk submerged—
holding its breath
for us

Last updated: August 8, 2023