"" a note from the author love is a political act. to love in spite of fear, pain, and suffering is the most powerful thing we can do as human beings. to choose to love to choose to open to choose to be vulnerable is an act of profound bravery. these poems are my own personal starting point. I don’t know where this is going, but it doesn’t matter. this is a little book of love. - Rachel Clifton November 2021""