Photo: Osnat Halperin-Barlev

When you know how stress

Rewires

Little ones’ brains

To lifelong pain,

You mark yourself ever

Notorious

When you cruelly

Add

To their wounding

Day and again.

Merriam-Webster’s word for June 22, 2018:

Notorious

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