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Author: Shana Scudder

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  • Shana Scudder is a writer currently based on Durham, North Carolina. She received her MFA from Randolph College and has poems published in the Teach. Write. journal and the Wake Forest Review. She is furiously trying to meet her academic book deadline, after which she will return to working on her second novel.

  • An Answer to a Question Posed By A Meditation App

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    What can I appreciate in thismoment?The days, minutes,secondswhen I don’t tastemy own stomachin the backof my throat,bile biting with its sinistersheen of sickness.When I can SLEEP,Glory Hallelujah SweetJesus.Six hourswithout waking upso I don’t choke onmy own vomitor shit the bed.When my mind isn’t spinning faster than my fingers can typeinto the search bar:What’s wrong with meWhat’s wrong with…