How It Feels To Break That Tape
Alexi Pappas shares her latest poem on what it feels like to break the tape—like charging "toward the castle I built myself."
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Breaking Tape
It happened
like I imagine
it would feel
to throw open big double doors—
the kind
from a mansion
or doll house.
I looked
maybe
like a very strong princess
charging through the gate
towards the castle
I built myself.
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