my therapist says make friends with your monsters, josé olivarez
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My therapist says I can’tMake the monsters disappear
Not matter how much I pay her.
All she can do is bring them
Into the room, so I can get
To know them, so I can learn
Their names, so I can see clearly
Their toothless mouths,
Their empty hands,
Their pleading eyes.
– Jose Olivarez]