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After A While – Veronica A. Shoffstall

January 8, 2013May 4, 2020 Author

After A While After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul and you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning and company doesn’t always mean security. And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts and presents aren’t promises and you begin to accept your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead with the grace of…

Morning Song – Sylvia Plath

December 15, 2012May 4, 2020 Author

love set you going like a fat gold watch. the midwife slapped your footsoles, and your bald cry took its place among the elements. our voices echo, magnifying your arrival. new statue. in a drafty museum, your nakedness shadows our safety, we stand round blankly as walls. i’m no more your mother than the cloud that distils a mirror to reflect its own…