Brit Graham<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We follow, unaware of<\/p>\n
the things born to us, luck,<\/p>\n
comets, pocket lint.<\/p>\n
We wash our straw-stick<\/p>\n
hair and note we’ve not<\/p>\n
shed as enthusiastically of<\/p>\n
late and white sheets remain<\/p>\n
white. A glass sits atop the<\/p>\n
nightstand, water beads up and<\/p>\n
slides down the glass. A white<\/p>\n
plastic stick births two pink<\/p>\n
lines, pink as the fresh moon,<\/p>\n
the curling limbs of starfish,<\/p>\n
unfurling like a blushing hand,<\/p>\n
tulip lips. Understanding, as all women<\/p>\n
do, we are late, our fingers click like<\/p>\n
razors, clawing for keys, and madly we<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
scrape along the bleached red<\/p>\n
doors of the Honda. We stare<\/p>\n
at clocks, dashboards, watches,<\/p>\n
because we’re late, falling<\/p>\n
down the rabbit hole, a black heel<\/p>\n
caught in spongy earth, breaking<\/p>\n
through the bed of tulips. The soil<\/p>\n
stuck, crumbling into heels,<\/p>\n
creased between toes. In order to<\/p>\n
undo what we have done, we must<\/p>\n
leave black footprints on the pale rose<\/p>\n
linoleum. We cut our hands, fill them<\/p>\n
with crushed petals and starfish arms,<\/p>\n
chips of the good china and dirt. The<\/p>\n
lines dissolve in reverse, a fun house<\/p>\n
mirror trick, unveiling intent and purpose<\/p>\n
beyond what we thought we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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