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@deemclachlan.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:14 AM

This was a very difficult write for me because only one thing rose to the surface, as it has done for over 50 years.

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"six inches of black thread"

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Six inches of black thread
By Dawn Mclachlan

She smiled down at me awkwardly 
sadly
as she cut the length 
but still did I not reconnect 
with a world of red and hurt 
steel and strip lights 
tight tight bandages 
breathless 
drowning
while the needle flashed 
a silvery fish above my eye
I wondered if I would 
ever 
breathe 
again
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