Why Running Makes Us Cry Big Kid Tears
In her latest poem, Alexi Pappas explains why running through tears isn't always a bad thing.
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Big Kid
With running
I cry in public
as much as a kid.
But now
it is
as often happy as sad
which is what makes big kid tears
sweeter and also more sour
courser and also more fragile
more crystal
more layered
than little kid salt.
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