I wrote over twenty versions of “Pain Management.” At the eight year mark, a form presented itself. The poem needed tercets. I needed time and distance. It was worth the wait.

Darcy Smith is the author of River Skin Fernwood Press, 2022. Awards include: the Please See Me Mental Health Poetry Prize & the Medmic Poetry Prize. Smith is an ASL Interpreter, Buddhist, kickboxer, wife & mother. She lives with her husband & their cat, Miley, in NY’s Hudson Valley. 

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