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For you I would gather my self into knots of string for your sensitive fingers to untangle Then to wrap around you just tight enough to remind you I exist.

Mom’s Weekend For Jessi, from Jodie Gavin and Morgan were sitting on the picnic blanket with their tongues sticking out. Gavin’s tongue was turning bright orange. It was orange because, when it’s summer, he loves popsicles. And orange is his favorite. Morgan (that’s Gavin’s sister) was sticking out her tongue and saying, “Look, Gavin! My tongue is purple!” Her favorite is grape. Sitting next to Morgan, Dallas (just a baby) was eating a blade of grass. Suddenly, “Bleck! Uck! Ack!” Gavin yelled...

Soggy By: Jodie A. Parsley (208) 305-5230 poetuvgrace@hotmail.com Suzie at First Suzie couldn’t concentrate on a damn thing because her skin is melting. As simply as a soft ice cream oozes down a cake cone in August. She’d had days before where she couldn’t recognize her reflection in the medicine cabinet mirror. What she saw had little to do with what was: her eyes growing and then shrinking, her cheeks puffing out from rapidly expanding fat calls, her uneven eyebrows drawing arrows to hair ...

Joy Ride By: Jodie A. Parsley poetuvgrace@hotmail.com Magnolia disburses her interpretations of life in a series of sighs, blinks, and knowing grins. Simple breathers are companionable. Those who require pauses from Seeing. And wisecrackers. Even now, as the late-autumn wind cuts thru pre-spring’s persistent sun, as she peeks between the blinds of her window at the sound of silenced cars, even now she’s hungry and can’t find her keys. Food is overrated. And so (apparently) is being grounded t...

Separate your Self from yourself for a moment and browse your form. Are you at peace today? Do you feel safe? Are you certain of where you are when your feet touch the ground (if your feet touch the ground)? Now commit to Seeing. Is anyone looking at you? Is anyone near you at all? Do you want them to be? If they arent and you do, what cant you do? If they are and you dont, what cant you do? (Store that list of cants in your mind. Youll need it for later. For later when you find yourself not ...