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Laura Alaniz

Laura Alaniz

This isn't me

The medication is not me
But neither is the sickness it treats
You may hear its effects
In my voice
In my opinions
But it is not me
Somehow it shapes me
Controls me
But I pray
That it is not me
My soul

(2015)

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