Everything by Andrea Cohen
Everything
Everything was beautiful and nothing
hurt, Kurt Vonnegut said.
Everything was beautiful
and nothing hurt, the girl
slurred to the artist
at the tattoo parlor.
The word made
flesh isn’t fictional.
It’s beautiful.
It hurts.
Art by Mrinalini Saha
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