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A tanaga for my six-year-old self

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By Risha Mae Ordas



Thank you Lord for the audacity

to exist, knowing that it was

completely my fault I got abused

because I was wearing a t-shirt



 


Risha Mae Ordas (she/her) is a poet, a short story writer, and a professor. She is the author of the upcoming chapbook entitled "Juvenile Womanhood" (NakedCat Publishing). Her works have appeared or are forthcoming in Novice, Moonbow Magazine, the Afterpast Review, and Porchlit Magazine. She is based in Baguio City, Philippines.

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