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A PERIOD PIECE

by Terry Olynik

This crimson lament,
Bleeding into her breakfast-
Catholic heaven
Her teary mother proclaims,
Staunching the blood with her lies.

01/17/2006

Author's Note: Super- absorbent tanka.

Posted on 02/19/2006
Copyright © 2024 Terry Olynik

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Michael Faraday on 03/23/06 at 12:08 AM

seeing red...:)

Posted by Alex Smyth on 05/24/06 at 03:48 AM

This is not how the puberty books explain it. Interesting treatment of an unusual subject matter!

Posted by Jared Fladeland on 08/10/06 at 05:45 PM

um. Yes. That's all I can say. Yes. ?

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