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Goddess at the 5 and Dime

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"Tonight

In the pale light of

The back room of the 5 & Dime

Naked and drunk

She was a goddess

To an adolescent mind

 

Though she was hardened by the touch

Of too many hands

That had run hot over her body

And numb to the taste of the many mouths

That had strained for her lips

Matty was gilded in my eyes

Her name became my prayer

I fell to my knees..."

~excerpt from Goddess at the 5 and Dime

Storm Hazel Eyes

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"I grew up in love with you

Though I’m not sure I knew what that meant

You gave me the same odd feeling in my tummy

That “Han Solo” did when he shot across the screen

And when I heard romantic songs on the radio

I was sure they were all written for you and me

 

I wished on every star at Lisa Morolie’s

Controversial “boy-girl” birthday party that

When we played “Spin the Bottle” it would stop

At me –"

~excerpt from Storm Hazel Eyes

Holding Herself

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"She doesn’t move much

I never have to steal the covers back

She is a sound sleeper

Only the static of the TV when our VCR shuts off wakes her

That is never before midnight

We shuffle from the couch to the bedroom

Good and tired

I have to coax her to the bathroom to brush her teeth

Before she collapses on to the mattress

Her body exhausted

Her mind too tired to dream"

~excerpt from Holding Herself