monica kagan Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/monica-kagan/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Mon, 07 Oct 2019 03:10:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/elephantsnever.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-winter-logo-2019-20.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 monica kagan Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/monica-kagan/ 32 32 135387410 Raw https://elephantsnever.com/raw/ https://elephantsnever.com/raw/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:45:00 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=2059 by Monica Kagan I long for magic in my life…Does that sound silly? I long for wings and wandsInstead of claws and sores. Flesh strips, flayedVultures lay bareA raw heart– Rended Shrapnel shreds sisters, mother, fatherA familial holocaustA bone tableau Sylvia, Ingrid and VirginiaWeave their wounds into wordsSpiraling down a well I long for wings and wandsInstead of claws and Read More

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