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"... brevity is the soul of wit ..."
- William Shakespeare

Nicole Borello


 

Family Secret

She didn't like my hair. Deep within its forest
was a hidden treasure she didn't want unearthed.
Somewhere in the grove was a buried riddle, stifled
and mutilated. But it was my hair: my wound, my armor,
my own wildflower, long, curly—mine.