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I wanted to live my life split open, awake
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Barbara Buckman Strasko
Barbara Buckman Strasko serves as the Poet in the Schools for the Poetry Paths program of Lancaster, Pa. Her poems have appeared in Rhino, Nimrod, Brilliant Corners and the anthology Best New Poets 2006. Her book of poems, Graffiti in Braille, was published in 2012.