I learned that there exists a life
That does not require
adding an extra lock to the bedroom door

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Naa Asheley Afua Adowaa Ashitey (She/Her/Hers) is a Chicago-born writer and an MD-PhD Student at UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. She is interested in the intersection between scientific research, medicine and the humanities. Her works have been published or forthcoming in The Brussels Review, JAKE, The B’K Magazine, Abstract, The Inflectionist Review, Sage Cigarettes Magazine, and more. More at NaaAshitey.com