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The Wedding DressIt was her grandmother’s, / on her step-mother’s side, / not really a relative at all.

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John 8:1-11, Or Of the Woman Caught in Adulteryi was wrenched from a bed / that was not my own to begin with. / into the sunlight, they dragged me,

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summer tumultuationdaffodils sprinkle their magic / fairy dust along tufts of whispering bluegrass. / her laugh skips across the rocky driveway,

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HaloWe almost had it, that / golden spider-web ending, / a halo hanging from dewy leaves.

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We Are Learning to Make Fire*“…where painfully and with wonder / at having survived even / this far…we are learning to make fire.”*

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Chalk & PaperThe day I turned nine, I hiked up / my honeysuckle tutu, and raced / to find you –

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DivorceWe stood in the darkness, sharp air / piercing our windpipes, and rubbed / our hands together. Your eyes trailed across

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Metronomei. / she told me to listen to the silence; / *count its beats*, she said. my eyes slipped

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BabyThere’s a strand / of pearls, and it clings / to her little neck.

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AutumnHe smelled like a fall evening – / the distinct mix of dusty leaves, hay, and candy apples / combined with pumpkins and acorns.

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