Writing :: NaPoWriMo 2007
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Persephone’s Prom Date
He’s looking
at the driveway, imagining the way
the limo’s shadow would have fallen
across the sidewalk, how her shoes
would have reflected the street lamp
before they disappeared into the dark.
Categories: Poetry, NaPoWriMo 2007
The Artifact’s Placement
You would have
the blocks rehewn, the colors resplashed, everything flown
to Athens and rebuilt so we could pretend nothing had ever broken,
no one had ever blown the truth to pieces and pillaged it.
Categories: Poetry, NaPoWriMo 2007
The Receptionist’s Safari
She wallows in the minutes of their appointment
like a mud-slicked hippo.
Girthed by months of their lunch meetings
and working dinners, she shoulders aside
his hesitation
Categories: Poetry, NaPoWriMo 2007
Khan’s Grandmother
Where he gone
Where brown ponies galloping
up winter-dead hills gone
Categories: Poetry, NaPoWriMo 2007
The Minotaur’s Daughter
They winched his body on a wagon
like he were some plow beast,
even cut the clothes off his back
like he had no use for ‘em,
like they were tack to be buckled
on some other ox.
Categories: Poetry, NaPoWriMo 2007
The Chess Player’s Wife
She does not play chess
but the board’s varnish gleams
even in clouded winter light.
The scent of wax follows her like perfume.
Categories: Poetry, NaPoWriMo 2007