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Nicole Cooley

Poetry

Summer 2008

Breach

By Nicole Cooley

[Origin: bef. 12c; ME breche, OE brǣc breaking] Like a mouth packed shut, the levee wants to open the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture it desires the water’s […]