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Honorable Mention
Chronological Order
Treezaa (T.E. Ballard)

Why do we count the ages of the dead
as if, they are waiting somewhere for life to begin?
I am watching this child in the café
and I recite months, days.
My baby was born with a cord, a blue ribbon
wrapped around his neck
and I believed if I untied the string,
he would breathe
or did I believe he would float away?
Grief is a bead; an abacus of nights
where I dream of small fish
opening and closing
their mouths to pray.

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