Deborah Scott Studebaker

with henna and eye liner
notate the ache in your left knee
the sadness at the small of your back
the joy like a hummingbird
hovering at your throat
when you finally speak
your word

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Deborah Scott Studebaker is a Los Angeles poet/educator. She loves the surreal insights of auto-correct and believes that movement liberates language. You can find her work at Anti-Heroin Chic, And Other Poems, and forthcoming from tiny wren lit. Say hello on Twitter/X @dsstudebaker.