by McKenna Themm<\/p>\n
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of the lord<\/p>\n
be upon you and<\/p>\n
your cherry cheekbones and<\/p>\n
your cotton-colored hair,<\/p>\n
as you dance around<\/p>\n
in circles,<\/p>\n
putting to air<\/p>\n
our paper sketches<\/p>\n
of daffodils and crows.<\/p>\n
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And even if god turns<\/p>\n
away<\/p>\n
to watch over others,<\/p>\n
I will protect you \u2014<\/p>\n
even when our bodies are<\/p>\n
nothing<\/p>\n
but dust<\/p>\n
in the ground.<\/p>\n
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McKenna Themm is an MFA student at San Diego State University. Her poems have been published by Ekphrastic Review, The Poet, Bryant Literary Review, The<\/em> San Diego Union-Tribune<\/em>, The Evening Street Press & Review, and The Headlight Review, among others. Her chapbook Ever<\/em> Yours, Vincent<\/em> is forthcoming from dancing girl press<\/em>. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of boats against the current<\/em><\/a>, the managing editor at The Los Angeles Review<\/em><\/a>, a Content Strategist at Archer Education, and the MFA Director\u2019s Assistant at SDSU.<\/p>\n
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