Tuesday, December 18, 2012

597. THE IMPOSSIBLE WORD

Let's confront the B word
The one that women long to hear
The one my mind set shrugs off
Why?
Because ...
I can't even write it without blinking
It gives me the shivers
Short stories to follow
Not high school stories—yet
Stories about the effect that this word has on me
For example, when I hear it my ears close up shop
My brain reacts like a trampoline
Bouncing it away
And eyes squinting ...
As though the sun, shining directly at me, feels too strong
I wince ...
Wondering what will make yesterday's pain stop pricking, today?
I am woman hear me try to roar ...

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