Perfect Nook

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Put depression in your wallet 

next to the photos of age-old friends and 

singles your grandmother sends each birthday.

Carry it around by day.

Keep it somewhere safe at night.

Hold your grief with honored memories and meanings,

Yet far from today’s to-do list.

Published by Hokis

Hokis is an American poet of Armenian descent. Her upcoming collection "OnBecoming" is a poetic memoir detailing her personal rise from political trauma. Creative nonfiction as foreshadowing preface, and other published works, found on hokis.blog.

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