“I just want to feel
pretty,” she says through her tears.
She already is.
Deciding not to go to Junior Prom
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“I just want to feel
pretty,” she says through her tears.
She already is.
Tag Archives: hope
Cold snap
Lulled by summer’s false
start, forty degrees reminds
us that April lies.
Stiff spring breeze
Tightly furled like clenched
fists, tentative red-tipped buds
sway on bare branches.
Out of wedlock
for S.
Without a ring she’s
uncertain, the baby no
guarantee he’ll stay.
Easter
What do bunnies and
chocolate have to do with
a resurrection?
Hearing herself on CD
When her voice leaves her
body, recorded, it’s a
stranger who comes out.
Passing health care reform
Status on Facebook:
“Watching CSPAN.” Many like
seeing sausage made.
Project Runway
Cut pin stitch fabric
stretch confines of clothing to
become catwalk art.
Friendship
She may have faults but
to me she’s flawless, a me
I wish I could be.
Early daffodils
Like green periscopes
tiny shoots peer from muddy
beds searching for sun.
a haiku a day 