Hi, Tamara! I posted this poem on the BAP blog because I love it. http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2012/04/napowrimo-poems-day-26-home-stretch.html
9//30 hot pink blush isnt getting much use these day get’em girl jeans aint gettin no love these days flip flops more often than heels these days lucky to find the time for pedicures or manicures peanut butter and banana sandwich with a green smoothie quick and easy in between laundry and breast feeding I got my nails done felt guilt while I was gone smiled like I was being sneaky Husband said I need to do it more often I deserve it Son wanted to go next time so he can paint them for me both my men said I looked pretty I still washed dishes that night I still made dinner gave the baby a bath and nursed her til she fell asleep but I did it with hot pink barbie nails
Cut open, dissected, mutilated, and put back together she blames the anesthesia for her loss of memory can tell you the name and height of the man she should have married the man who threw rocks at her wedding the star basketball player at Jefferson high school 1964 he loved her then, asked her to wait for him he was going to be a good man she remembers being hit across the back with a 2/4 docking being hit by a flying tv being called fat and stupid and bitch accused of sleeping with any and every man he was crazy after the war and she has stories because she remembers finding him in the fetal position in the corner of the room. reminding him the war was over. and he was safe he was home She remembers shoplifting for dinners for treats for Christmas for fun she remembers traffic tickets and a weekend in jail I remember loss prevention office at 10yrs old the words “you know we could take your daughter” the warning the photos taken the merchandise...
Hi, Tamara! I posted this poem on the BAP blog because I love it. http://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2012/04/napowrimo-poems-day-26-home-stretch.html
ReplyDeleteI hope that's OK. If not, lemme know!
Best, Jen