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I love indices! They are poetry in and of themselves, depending on the book.

Wendy C. Ortiz

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Wendy C. Ortiz
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 16
Essayist
Poet
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LA
California
Depending
Poetry
Book
Love
Indices

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My relationship with my mother has always felt like the most complicated relationship of my life. I know I have a lot more writing to do on this.
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To me, magic is everywhere.
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Synchronicities fall under the magic heading to me.
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The women in my family - my grandmother and my mother - have been both sources of comfort and terror. Protection was not always available.
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Cats connote sexuality in standard dream dictionaries.
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I imagine there's an undercurrent of the impact of early religious teachings and my break from what I was taught and expected to perform if I wanted to be considered normal in my family of origin.
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