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Trauma Bonding at the Five-Year Reunion

Two poems by Sarah Chin

Trauma Bonding at the Five-Year Reunion

Editor’s note: For these poems, the best reading experience will be on a desktop.

Five-Year Reunion

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About the Author

Sarah Chin is a multigenre writer with a day job in politics. Her work has been published in The Cincinnati Review, Epiphany, X-R-A-Y, SmokeLong Quarterly, Okay Donkey, and more. She lives in Chicago, Illinois and can be found at sarahchin.net.

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