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[silverflurry.livejournal.com]

Mermaid Song
Kim Addonizio

for Aya at fifteen

Damp-haired from the bath, you drape yourself
upside down across the sofa, reading,
one hand idly sunk into a bowl
of crackers, goldfish with smiles stamped on.
I think they are growing gills, swimming
up the sweet air to reach you. Small girl,
my slim miracle, they multiply.
In the black hours when I lie sleepless,
near drowning, dread-heavy, your face
is the bright lure I look for, love's hook
piercing me, hauling me cleanly up.

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[penguinboy.livejournal.com]

that's beautiful, very graceful. Addonizio has a webpage here (http://addonizio.home.mindspring.com). she writes a lot of "journal"-like entries related to writing too, which I find quite interesting.

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[silverflurry.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the link I will check that out when I get home.

I agree the poem is very graceful.