Rosalie
Rosalie, I cannot believe
your mind is such a sieve
Why are you so afraid
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Category Poetry
My Face Is Sticky
My face is sticky with
your sexual release
You won’t kiss me —
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Utterance
How utterly unmistakable
your rejection
was.
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Still
Father,
I never spoke the words
But I wanted to tell you
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Leftovers
In the refrigerator
behind the milk
behind the bran muffin
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Mother on the Beach
her yellow and white floppy
K-Mart hat
sheltering her
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You Never Notice
Tears I’ve cried for you
like an infatuated child
again
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Baby
A song on the difficult choice to abort or keep a pregnancy
Baby, Oh Baby
you can’t run you can’t evade
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Sister Has Nightmares
Sister has nightmares,
brother,
You ravage her golden-haired infant
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Safety
Rain rain
hitting hard against the
Windowpane.
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Crucifixion
Momma
I can feel
the nails driving into my palm.
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Every Word
pulled forward in fear,
Every word a risk.
Yet you I crave
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