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Noah Jane Silvia is a 25-year-old disabled writer and poet from Lynn, Massachusetts, they have had several features at the walnut street cafe.

AMENDS

Noah Jane Silvia

I just threw up my feelings,
Truth still splattered on the floor
So I take what’s left of my dignity
and throw it into the nearest washing machine
Hang myself out to dry before speaking again,

I don’t know if we’ll ever speak again
At least not the way we used to.
Smoke fills my lungs, I take another drag of my cigarette
As I contemplate quitting cigarettes
And cough up the words-
“Maybe that’s for the better.”

— Noah Jane Silvia

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