Poetry
Lauren Scavo

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I fall in love with these impermanent places,
For my skittish heart is willing to call a place home
If it has been there for a day—
Eager to find a corner to nestle into,
Burrow into the stale-colored drywall,
And entangle my veins in the electrical wiring;
Pump energy through it,
Become a part of its circulation.
These silent breathing spaces are my lungs
Expanded.

Lauren Scavo is a senior at Grace College, where she is studying Drawing/Painting and English. Her hometown is in Pittsburgh, PA. Email: scavolj[at]grace.edu