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From Snow Days and Green Leaves
I am Naomi
From Japanese relatives
Who refuse to call me anything but Isla-chan,
Out of respect and stubbornness.
I am Isla
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Breaking Fairy Tales
Once upon a time,
the princesses got tired.
They were done
they deserved to be.
And the fairies
that the fairy tales were about,
the fairies
that were written out
with their striking beauty
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The Tree of Then and Now
THEN
Cupped palms
They hold a seed
One seed
It will change things
Not now
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Person on the Bridge
You stand on the bridge,
Contemplating the water.
I don't have to tell you this,
You already know.
You look out.
I don't know
If you're looking at the river
or at the bridge
that's halfway
Loves
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this is not about water
it was like a sink that was overflowing, built up and up and up.
then it was drained; the pipes rusted over; the slight drip and drip and drip.
tantalizing.
then the water rushed like geysers do, hot and momentarily solid.
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I Remember
I remember
the first time I saw it,
the sun beating down on my face.
The other kids laughing and playing to their heart's content
brings a smile to my face -
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generational
My grandmother never cut flowers with scissors, raised her nonexistent eyebrows plucked beyond all veins of recognition, blinked one eye fishlike & said a knife was all she needed.
