Return to Sender

A. Valverde-Galván

2 min readNov 12, 2022

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Poetry
TW: Fatphobia

Black background. Drawing of mail box. The mailbox is blue, turquoise, and pink. Pale yellow text: “Return to Sender”

Inspired by Shannon Moyer-Szemenyei

The shame that I hold
Is not mine
And I am here
To return it

The body you hate
Is mine
The heart that aches
Is mine

A. Valverde-Galván

Written by A. Valverde-Galván

Poet. Horror writer. Survivor. they/them linktr.ee/a_valverde_galvan

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