Cate Latimer
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She, Reborn

Daughter rose from sparrow
from deer bloodied
and seeked
because man placed his hands
                                on her stomach
and tore
the wolf from
her chest

When her eyes first met
                           the earth
It told her to run.

So she listened.

She crossed valleys
that                    swallowed her
And rivers that
spat her
              back out
Calves swollen
and breath        catching
on the shifting light

She ran until
she was born of deer horns
and sparrow teeth

Until she could take a
wolf by the ear and watch it
             shake.

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Cate Latimer is a poet from Portland, Oregon, and an undergraduate student at Brown University. She is the founder and publisher at Stepping Stone Publishing, a student-focused publishing company. In her free time, she writes for her college newspaper and leads trips outdoors.