slither snake

succulent slam

maribeth camp

POETRY

eat and run

eat and run

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grinding hips grinning feet

bang em up

shoot 'em down

singing shadows thud

I long to quiver at your touch maribeth camp

ANGEL

When I got pregnant

I also lost my virginity

Does that make sense?

How about

When I lost my virginity

I also got pregnant

An unneeded, unwanted extra

Added to the whole deal.

For awhile I was too

Shook and scared to tell

سلامی کی

Three months later I was

The maid of dishonor at

My sister's wedding

And I knew something had to be done.

One month after that The son of a gynecologist

(or the son of a bitch)

Tried a pool table abortion

With ripped off daddy doctor

devices.

What I mean is

I sat on the pool table

At his house

And he kept jabbing inside

With what feft like hot knives

No success

Cervix wouldn't dilata goddamnit.

Next time he'll try the pool cue insteed.

When I was six months on I want

To Chicago

For the big time:

A real live honest-to-goodness

strap-me-down and blind-fold-me

sixx hundred doller

Mafia Abortion!

They killed my baby

And they almost killed me

Blood came pouring out of me

for a week

Like rain from a cloudburst.

I guess I'm lucky to ba Alive.

On Dying

by himself to the movie

... vendor producing two tickets and taking $5 because she thought

she saw mom standing

there

next to him as usual

(visual perception impaired?)

The $2.50 was refunded Mom wasn't.

Laurel Brummet

i hitched a ride on a yellow sunbeam, my destination unknown, i traveled through civilizations of mistakes my life was just a speck of dust on a universal rainbow of fantasy, lost in a world of laughter,

Jan Loreta

Elise Scott

page 4/What She Wants/March, 1975

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This new world that I suddenly see. Full of dreams and promises

And stark reality.

Renewing my strength with each sunrise, Thankful that I have the courage to fight. There's no going back

And I'm glad.

Candy Lawrence