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How I Am Dealing With Touch Starvation

Big bear hugs aren’t quite safe, so here are other options

When the palm of my two hands hold each other

That feels different

From when your hands are in mine.

That’s just the way it is.

“Superpower” by Beyoncé Knowles Carter

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Allison Joyner

Founder & CEO of Allison Joyner Enterprises and lover of Historically Black Colleges and Universities