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by Anastasia Simms

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My father is a nomad
Who’s obsessed with the idea
Of building a home.

Maybe that’s why
He sired two anchors
To tether him
To the land.

It didn’t work.

But we hug him when he visits.

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Anastasia Simms (she/her) is an honors student at Kent State University studying English, Psychology, and Creative Writing. She works at the KSU Writing Commons, the Wick Poetry Center, Brainchild Magazine, and New American Press. Her work is published in the Red Cedar Review, a Lit Cleveland anthology, and Outrageous Fortune Magazine. Anastasia hopes that her writing will positively impact others just as the written word has always done for her.

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