Women gather their things
to them when wounded you hurt them
they make motions to leave
but slowly, lighting cigarettes
and fussing with buttons
giving you plenty of time
to ask them to stay
they bring their things nearer,
rifle through purses, run their
stockings
cry and cruse softly
re arrange themselves, re armor
re prepare, once devastated and
determined
not to let it happen again
taking everything
tidy, spiteful, leaving no trace
taking everything with them
Thurs. Feb 17, 2011
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Posted by: Sraah | Oct 18, 2010 at 04:40 PM
I was on yournextread.com today and I decided to plug your book Girlbomb into it to see what would come up. Here's the list:
Gone to the Crazies by Alison Weaver
Smashed by Korin Zalickas
Have You Found Her? by somebody
The Bitch Posse by Martha O'Connor
Damaged by Cathy Glass
More, Now, Again by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Her Last Death by Susanna Sonnenberg
Pretty Little Dirty by Amanda Boyden
Not that any of this has anything to do with what you posted. I haven't touched my poetry notebook in so long I probably wouldn't know where to find it. I could look for it but that would require action and I'm feeling less active of late. (And I don't count the 7.4 miles I just did.)
I will say, I like the "tidy, spiteful" part because there's something that I recognize in that.
Am I the only one who thinks you are incredibly brave? I hope not. You are. Very.
Posted by: Satia | Oct 18, 2010 at 04:44 PM
No Satia. You are not the only one.
Janice is, and always has been, very brave.
Posted by: Stana | Oct 28, 2010 at 06:36 PM
Oh, how I can relate to this. I cleaned all of my things out of C's house and took them home. He didn't notice.
Posted by: Kirsten | Nov 02, 2010 at 10:17 PM
That should have read:
Oh, how I can relate to this... Once, I cleaned all of my things out of C's house and took them home. He didn't notice.
Posted by: Kirsten | Nov 02, 2010 at 10:18 PM