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The subway
hurtling to Brooklyn
her head on her knees
asleep or drugged
many sleep
the whole way
others sit
staring holes of fire into the air
others plan rebellion:
night after night
awake in prison, my mind
licked at the mattress like a flame
till the cellblock went up roaring

-Adrienne Rich

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