Potential Titles: Holly Karapetkova

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Gave them my house as home - Holly Karapetkova "Genesis"

Some became pillars of salt - Holly Karapetkova "Genesis"

Saved only thorns and thistles for myself - Holly Karapetkova "Genesis"

Hung above the brink of winter - Holly Karapetkova "Holiday"

So many thousands of leaves - Holly Karapetkova "Holiday"

Because the black dresses sit unwashed - Holly Karapetkova "Holiday"

Whispered stories of stars - Holly Karapetkova "Refugees"

Fell upward into the sky - Holly Karapetkova "Refugees"

Rocks rolling across the fat plains - Holly Karapetkova "Refugees"

Miles and miles of footprints in the dirt - Holly Karapetkova "Song of the Exiles"

Nothing left but our shadows - Holly Karapetkova "Song of the Exiles"

Sifting through the dust behind us - Holly Karapetkova "Song of the Exiles"

Nothing behind us to burn - Holly Karapetkova "Song of the Exiles"

Who could blame us for turning - Holly Karapetkova "Song of the Exiles"

Blamed us for leaving the garden - Holly Karapetkova "Song of the Exiles"

Who had come from nowhere - Holly Karapetkova "Song of the Exiles"

The scent of gardenias and gasoline - Holly Karapetkova "The Woman Who Wanted a Child"

A narrow staircase leading upwards into nothing - Holly Karapetkova "The Woman Who Wanted a Child"

Fresh garlic and parsley from our garden - Holly Karapetkova "The Woman Who Wanted a Child"

Our days upon the high winds - Holly Karapetkova "The Woman Who Wanted a Child"

Bumping only against the sky - Holly Karapetkova "The Woman Who Wanted a Child"


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