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Boarding Pass

James Robertson (writer), Alicia Aliandy, Katie Zhang (graphics)

tear my bond stepping in line tear my pass boarding in ten nine eight seven six months away

Creative

moving out
I’m moving in
one place
to
another
tear
my bond
stepping
in line
tear
my pass
boarding in ten
nine
eight
seven
six months
away
the seed
was sown
the roots
planted
ripping them
out
into the sky
these roots
tugged
at the heart
strings
strands
trailing
in
exhaust fumes