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Smile within Bird SongMy grandmother had an oak tree that was a dragon in her front yard. / It sat waiting patiently to swallow the summer-lemon sun whole, / spitting out golden and flame-licked leaves.

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Apr 30, 2013

My Mother is a BookMy mother is a book / made in china by a company name I can't read on the sticker because / her font is too small.

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Sep 11, 2012

Seed EaterShe wishes to know if I am oh-kay, / if I am doing well, smiling over the rim of a tea-cup like jackals with secrets. / Persephone gets caught in my teeth

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Jul 3, 2011

Giving BirthThere are people born to be leaders. / They make colgate-white-toothed speeches; / rally the class, frenzy the cheerleaders,

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Oct 2, 2010

Forget the LionsWhen I was a child I would wake in the summer to the songs of lions, / calling hotly for meat, blood, bone to fill their bellies. / How many little girls can say when they opened their eyes every morning the world reminded them:

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Aug 17, 2010

As LoveWill it be all the nights of your bed empty when I couldn't sleep? / Are you going to choose instead, the moment / I put underwear on my head and asked in a horrible Russian accent,

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Jul 14, 2010

Catch MyselfI have missed me, / since I was twelve. / When there were dragons

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Apr 11, 2010

Beginning FistsShe sits on the counter, / feet in the sink. / She tells me about razors and

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Apr 8, 2010

HushI wrote something beautiful / on the skin over his spine. / Counting all the little

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Mar 15, 2010

UndoingsWhen your mouth moves I remember / what it felt like as I rushed to flip a page / and sliced my hand on the edge of words.

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Feb 14, 2010

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