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Working: Vol. 5, No. 3 - Issue 19 Autumn 2026
 

Cancer ​​Zodiac Highlight

This Carb Has Claws
Linda M. Crate
​i have a deep love,
but also a deep
rage;
 
what people think
most scorpios are is
what a cancer
really is--
 
because i can nurture you
or visit you in your nightmares,
 
cross the crab and you will
find you can't even pray
to the moon because she won't
listen to anyone who hurts
or mocks me;
 
i can be a calm ocean wave
or the hurricane that drowns you--
 
i prefer peace,
but sometimes i trade my
flowers for a sword;
 
because i am a warrior who will
fight for my dreams and those i love--
 
i am magic as are those i love,
and i won't let you banish them to the
darkest edges of their pain without
consequence.
​
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