Anna L. P. Bell
Silvia Bonilla
Brian Brodeur
David M. Brunson
Jehanne Dubrow
Malcolm Friend
Brian Henry
T.R. Hummer
Michael Lavers
Larry Levis
Sandra Marchetti
Edward Mayes
Leslie A. Miller
Dustin Pearson
Catherine Pierce
Georgina Ramírez
Aleš Šteger
Alexandra Teague
C. V. Landingham
D. Walker-Figueroa
C. Dale Young
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She gets paid to pose,
collarbone slightly
upturned,
rib cage high.
The navel eye
above the dark-lamb hair.
The real eye looks at him
from the side
without the purple birthmark.
An artist’s hardest task,
to get flesh color
just right.
He smudges onyx,
on top of amber.
Add a hint of red.
He talks to himself
about the limitations on his palette. 
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