Blackbirdan online journal of literature and the artsSpring 2015  v14n1
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back JENNY BROWNE

Nine Miles outside Comfort, Texas

Not cold enough yet
for snow, but nearly numb

fingers by the time I finish
pumping the cheapest gas,

wishing I felt more
when you touched me.

Wet trees & idling trucks,
a whole shelf of expired

pain relievers in back
& behind that the game

where you pay a hook to drop
grasping for the tail of some

bright half-buried animal.
We keep trying

but I’ve never seen
someone leave this county

with anything softer
than ash in their arms.  end  


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