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WIP: Saltian, Randomness near the end
From section 7, Dementia and Death, of Saltian
Randomness near the end
By Alice Shapiroa. Read More
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WIP: Saltian, Catching love
From section 3, Desire, of Saltian
Catching love
By Alice ShapiroHappiness is a butterfly, which when
pursued, is always just beyond your
grasp, but which if you will sit down
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WIP: Saltian, Dysfunction
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WIP: Saltian, Hell’s kitchen
From section 7, Dementia and Death, of Saltian
Hell’s kitchen
By Alice ShapiroHis accent reeks New York
that high-energy island
where a daily frenzied pace can kill
soot collects on window si Read More -
WIP: Saltian, Worst wars
From section 4, Soldier, of Saltian
Worst wars
By Alice ShapiroA cancerous child desired to be a soldier. Read More
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WIP: Saltian, First entrance
From section 1, Infancy, of Saltian
First entrance
By Alice ShapiroAnd a child behaved as the angels.
It was a dream where he was lifted skyward
and floated higher than her brilliant body. Read More -
WIP: Saltian, Sex
From section 2, Childhood, of Saltian
Sex
By Alice ShapiroA summer bungalow arouses secret lusts
as sunbeams peek through tattered curtains
and a three-year-old, crumpled under cotton covers
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WIP: Saltian, Denial
From section 5, The Justice, of Saltian
Denial
By Alice ShapiroWhen one has done most everything
that a childish mind desires–white-haired and haberdashered
the thread about to unravel
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WIP: Saltian, End of the line
From section 1, Infancy, of Saltian
End of the line
By Alice ShapiroMother, whose womb I leave
to breathe
whose voice was marred
by the irony of lung disease,
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WIP: Saltian, The transparency of a Spanish fly
From section 3, Desire, of Saltian
The transparency of a Spanish fly
By Alice ShapiroIn Acapulco
ten years after
a loosed marriage-bed
she sat alone at the edge
of a flowery-patterned sofa
reverie Read More