a pearl afloat in the heavens

by Juliana Coles 

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Some people claim that broken things are all that's left. Shards of glass between the feet and the street. Shards of glass to pick up and use. to break the flesh. To hurt. "Go ahead, cut yourself", people say. "Cut someone else." Broken questions in the pieces of night. Scattered. Broken souls that have become …