Bride to Me

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Unraveling a Torment
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Unraveling a Torment

a sweater without a name

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Maya Skylark
Oct 22, 2023
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In 2020 I knit 2 sweaters and unraveled 3. I spent most of those countless hours of handwork alone and that time offered both comfort and confusion. I was grateful to have space from the chaos of my devolving marriage but I also found myself asking: I’m still married so why am I so lonely? I’m still married so why am I alone?

If the poem I shared last w…

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