Literary Magazine 2022

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The Spirit of White By Jay Schoenrade

White, known as peaceful and perfect The innocence of a baby, The purity of undriven snow, False White is stress. White is sad! White is locked in a box. No escape. Too perfect! Don’t contaminate! White is crying out for help. Overlooked until the next time she is shown off as a prize to be won Then she is locked back in her box- trapped. White is discarded after changingDevelopment seen as failure. Seen as mutled. Seen as ruined. Worthless! White known as clean, known as pure, White is locked inside.

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Forced to hide.

Art by Ash Southwell


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