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slingshot litareview - Tuesday, 25 May 2010 04:49

“Used Beautiful”

The children say she’s used beautiful, all ten toes in the washing machine. Little Rick spitting alphabet soup on the congregation.

I can’t tell. The poem tells itself. A little piece spared by the Bell telephone.

“[[[*&*]]]”
Father, Mother and Son ate Stevie Wonder a nail, hair and strip at a time. Pamphlet-waving cyclists bloodied their knuckles. Neighbors auctioned, convened on the coast. The news team hovered over the chimney for a million dollar shot. Men wearing masks broke down the front door and no one was inside. Everything was in place. It was as if they’d been there before. -Parker Tettleton Read More

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