Spilled Ink by Alexandra Grant

Spilled Ink by Alexandra Grant

What If?

A Poem

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Alexandra Grant
Jul 05, 2026
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What If?

What if my life had been ideal?

No abandonment by my mother,

She’d stayed to raise me and not run away

Her reasons wouldn’t make me wonder

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