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3 Jan: "It Is Quiet in the Morning" by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza

It is quiet in the morning.
I am female-bodied.
Last night’s air is still
inside the trees.
A loud clap of thunder
from earlier this month
is stuck in the window.
I dress myself with
a large paper bag
and go outside in the wind.
Nothing happens.
I shudder
and break into pieces
but nothing happens.
You come out and find me
alone in the grass
covered in a purple rash.
You call me lacking
and kiss me with the words
that erase me from existence.
Everything I’ve done
comes from a place of dying.

2 comments:

  1. What are the words that erase her from existence? What does it mean to be called lacking? Kiss is usually a sign of affection but here it erases.

    Nothing happens. That is a great two word sentence and puts a lot of emphasis on the expectations and lack of reactions.

    The ending is in past tense after the entire poem was in the present.

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  2. Allie Jo DreadfulwaterJanuary 19, 2017 at 6:29 PM

    Wanting to be seen; purposeful exposure with no return but dismissal (sp?).

    There is so much noise in this poem- such a beautiful way to describe emotions. They really are NOISY.

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