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‘Thirty Pounds in Three Months’ Is Bushwick Daily’s Poem of the Month

Here's our January installment of "Bushwick Bohemia Beat Poetry" curated by Bushwick-born poet, Emanuel Xavier. The series features poems by local Bushwick residents and/or natives. This month's poem comes from Christine Stoddard. Thirty Pounds in Three Months On August 8, 2016, all 5’1 of my Salvadoran flesh and bones weighed 115 pounds. My weight was […]

‘Thirty Pounds in Three Months’ Is Bushwick Daily’s Poem of the Month

‘Thirty Pounds in Three Months’ Is Bushwick Daily’s Poem of the Month

Here's our January installment of "Bushwick Bohemia Beat Poetry" curated by Bushwick-born poet, Emanuel Xavier. The series features poems by local Bushwick residents and/or natives. This month's poem comes from Christine Stoddard. Thirty Pounds in Three Months On August 8, 2016, all 5’1 of my Salvadoran flesh and bones weighed 115 pounds. My weight was […]

‘Thirty Pounds in Three Months’ Is Bushwick Daily’s Poem of the Month
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Here’s our January installment of “Bushwick Bohemia Beat Poetry” curated by Bushwick-born poet, Emanuel Xavier. The series features poems by local Bushwick residents and/or natives. This month’s poem comes from Christine Stoddard. 


Thirty Pounds in Three Months

On August 8, 2016, all 5’1 of my Salvadoran flesh and bones weighed 115 pounds.

My weight was documented…

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