I, Aisha Henry of Union County, do not hide the burn.
I do not sand away the weld.
I bring the fracture to the plaza.

My first stumble was the walnut frame that burned at 1,200 degrees because I misread the wood's thirst.
I caught it.
I filed it true.

Here is the golden seam:
Every first-time buyer who thinks they are too scared to sign shall know the ground beneath them is solid.
Every mortgage clause shall be read aloud in their mother tongue.
Every foreclosure rate shall become a garden metaphor before it becomes a headline.

The scar is not the wound.
It is the spine itself.

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