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Claire Taylor

Group Texts With Fellow Thirtysomethings

​Found my first
                        gray this morning
my chin is a garden
                        impossible to
Embrace it!
Dye it
                        ignore it
Don’t
pluck it
                        I’m tired
of pretending
to be
                        okay
my breasts droop
more than
                        I’d like to
have enough to
notice a difference
my nipples will never
                        be the same.
Like saucers!
wait until
the baby comes
                        any day now?
I think
You look beautiful.
                        I haven’t
slept through the night!
First day back--          
                        felt like myself
again, the same fight
over and over
                        I’m tired
of acting like
                        nothing’s changed.
 
 
The truth is
                        I miss
my stomach
my freedom
the quiet
the old
                        ​me.

Biography

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Claire Taylor (she/her/hers) writes primarily about motherhood and mental health. Her work has appeared or is upcoming in Yellow Arrow Journal, Capsule Stories, American Writer's Review, Canary Literary Journal, and more. She is the creator of Little Thoughts, a monthly newsletter of original stories and poetry for children. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and can be found online at clairemtaylor.com. 
            Twitter: @ClaireM_Taylor  
            IG: @todayweread
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