Left Breast by Erica Sternin

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Flaccid, professionally palpated twice a year, searching for tumors, It is stroked rhythmically, as needed, To sweep pooled lymph fluid toward a new delta. The nipple dares not responds to pleasure. With indrawn breath, it lays low, shrinking from the … Continue reading

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Meat Body

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Photo: Richard Masoner

Who is this “I?” Surely not the meat body, Continue reading

The Little Things by Erica Sternin

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Our library has two floors, with sixteen stairs between them. “Nothing That is Not For My Good Can Enter Here” I chant Sixteen times, pushing my golden force field  past my finger tips, As I rise, nauseous, to serve the … Continue reading

Gold Star Day

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Photo: Molly

The day beets were served at nursery school I finally earned my first gold star.
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