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She Still Knows
I do not remember when we were young
or how large the world once seemed,
this is one of the things only she knew. -
Written Meals
I do not know how to bake
something from scratch,
like my mother’s cookies.
With her instinctual precision
and her habitual familial ease.
I did not inherit this side of her. -
On Being Vane
Somewhere between a flower and a coffin
lies the colorless sunrise outside your windows.
I am devoted and still breathing like the Elin.
You are innocent and still sleeping like the Pothos. -
As She Pleases
To be a woman is to be a banquet.
Eclectic, savory, distinguished.
A summer potluck of femininity;
a Thanksgiving toast to masculinity;
an Easter brunch with androgyny.
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Before I Knew How to Live Freely
I wish I had found the butterfly before I knew how to kiss.
Then, I would have kissed you without a flinch.
I would have slept with you until the day was missed.
I would have stayed out of pleasure instead of lust. -
The Gift
I learned that butchering purity is ungodly,
yet on the silver platter, I see a snow lamb as fired slabs.
Loves
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The Lonely Beetle
The green lonely beetle tracked long through high rivers and the underpass.
By 6 pm it delivered a little girl with crooked cut bangs to a little tan house.
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After
“What happens beyond life?”
“What do you mean?”
“Like, after we die.”
“Well the point is that we don’t know.”
“But what do you think will happen?”
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"Alice, What is Special?"
This was inspired by Alice Duer Miller's "Are Women People"
“Alice, what is special?”
“Specialty is difference.”
“The difference of what?”
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Emily Dickinson and the Church
Written by Caroline, 12, Hanover, NH, submitted by Steven Glazer, Crossroads Academy
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A Letter I Can't Send
oh darling, you'll never understand why i did what i did. I don't think i ever will either. i held on as long as i could. i would've held on longer, if i could stand lying to you.
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And So I Refrain
she talks to me about the paper snowflakes she plans to make this weekend, and so i refrain from telling her that my bedroom has been decorated since the day after thanksgiving.