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  • SUNDAY LUNCH AT MOM’S COUSIN DINNIE’S: JUNE 1969 | “ELEGANT,” SHE SAID

    I hadn't yet recovered from a concussive first year teaching ninth-grade English

  • HOUSEKEEPING:  Frida’s Future Kiss

    After the palm reader told her no man would ever claim her,

  • Reality Check

    The orgasm likes the dusk best, the time of day

  • go ahead, flash your badges

    good, the heart is closed now

  • Molt & Clean Water Act

    Neither here nor there, you don’t fit. 

  • All Night, Give or Take a Sloppy Hour

    My neighbor’s patio light burns like an ember, burns cleanly, never mind circadian rhythms and light pollution,

  • Seven Minutes with Afaa Weaver and Nancy Mitchell

    Were it not for his silver hair

  • Mnemonic

    Leaves in the eaves

  • Riddle

    The chair is not far from the bed

  • The Dolls’ House Mysteries

    A woman lies so tidily

  • Centerfold of the Year | Centerfold of the Month: Rabbit Season | Centerfold of the Month: Judgment

    Full frontal I stand, knee-high socks and white heels,

  • The Birthdays of the Dead

    It is an affront in their land