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I Told My Therapist I Put the Bi In Bipolar

Two poems by Bleah Patterson

I Told My Therapist I Put the Bi In Bipolar

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When I tell my therapist I put the ‘bi’ in Bipolar she asks to see me twice a week

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sales lady says stop romanticizing the struggle

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About the Author

Bleah Patterson (she/her) is a southern, queer writer born and raised in Texas. A current MFA candidate and writing instructor, she is a Pushcart nominee and her various genres of work are featured or forthcoming in The Brazos River Review, Write or Die, The Texas Review, Across the Margins, Queerlings, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Beaver Magazine, and elsewhere.

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