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    Papers, please | Epiphany Magazine

    Papers, please | Epiphany Magazine

    Papers, please by Shivani Gupta — Epiphany Magazine

    I have grown out of the sock drawer. a vagrant unfit holed structure that still somehow keeps you warm.

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    Papers, please by Shivani Gupta — Epiphany Magazine

    Excerpt of Papers, please - A Burning Haibun

    Photo Credits: Photograph by Joe Carpita

    "Carry ID everywhere. To a concert. To the grocery store. Understandably to 
the airport. Ununderstandably to a poetry show. You never know. Who is asking / who is asking? I want to remind you to stay angry just in case. But not too 
angry. Just enough that your shrinking looks like confidence to anyone who 
stops you. You understand right? Because they will. They will mow you down. 
Chiseled lawn. Perfect six pack body."