Alexi Pappas’ Olympic Poem “Before” Gives Us Chills
You can feel every emotion she beautifully shares with her words.
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Before, Olympics 2016
I face the thing before
I do the thing
so when I imagine the thing
I know what color its eyes
where
it is ticklish
what makes it cry
the spots it is shy
the cracks
where bravery hides
so that when I need it
I can keep it
pull it out from inside
