Wednesday, September 12, 2012

alice

crouched behind the couch
made small and scared
she curls into arms 
unseen
the dust settles and paints her skin a sickly grey
fear frozen eyes lock on the point where the carpet meets the wall

blocks away her classmate settles down for family dinner 
a boy kicks a red ball against a school - again and again -
a car backfires and in their new home two lovers dance


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