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A litany is a form of poetic repetition often used in prayer or invocation. For today’s Aftershock prompt, you’re invited to write a litany for yourself… not in supplication, but in survival. A chant. A naming. A mantra of what you’ve endured, reclaimed, or are still holding.
You might begin every line with:
* I am the one who...
* Let me remember...
* Because I lived, I...
* Bless the...
* Do not forget...
Your litany can be tender or furious, holy or unholy, fractured or smooth. It can praise your soft parts, curse your shadow, or a poem that simply calls yourself back home.
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