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Jacquelyn Alpine
Time is a Woman
time is a woman who will love you and leave you asking
where exactly do you not want me forget that look i am
building us a new nest why don't you crawl inside it
look i am running i am running so quickly you won’t
believe it i am making all kinds of appointments i am
regarding the calendar & buying pillowcases at walmart look
i am an earthworm who will not take for granted the strange
looks the ripening peppers have been giving me look i am
thinking figuratively i have forgotten how worms breathe
i know i can be so forgetful sometimes i feel like a mother
who velcros her pills to the wall look i am practicing holding
this bag of cereal just like a real baby look i am treating my
ailments like guests you are a guest in my nest
why won’t you live in it
Published by: in Issue 1 : Fall 2016, Poetry, Volume 73
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