“the potential for love” by Veronique Synnott

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the potential for love

By Veronique Synnott

embedded in repetition:

the potential for love

learning

to love:

the best kind of learning

we dreamed up a library

not the best one:

the best kind of dream


Copyright ยฉ Veronique Synnott

Veronique Synnott is a queer writer, artist, and editor from Tiohtiร :ke (Montrรฉal). She lives with invisible disabilities and is interested in the relationships between gender, age, mental health, and power structures. Veronique holds an MFA in creative writing from The University of Guelph and has work published in Vallum: Contemporary Poetry, Contemporary Verse 2, carte blanche, and elsewhere.


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