Author name: Rattle

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Makeup

We were afraid to jinx it, so when my daughter emerged
from her dark bedroom for the first time in what felt like months
and came to the table with her soft face caked in cosmetics,
we all stilled our gazes, made certain not to react

Audio, Poems, Prompt Poem of the Month

Body Talk

Sometimes in airports I leave my body behind—
my old body, I mean. I step into the younger version,

the one where I flirt with just about anybody,
who cares, because nobody knows me—

Audio, Poems

Fruit Guy

Each morning my son and I pass
an orchard on the way
to his preschool

and this morning, he asks
what type of forest is that?

Audio, Poems

Any Kind of Light

Your voice said Watch what happens now and then
I woke. Of course it was a dream for you’ve
Been gone for many years, dead dead & Dead.

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