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May 21, 2015
By writeandreid SILVER, Salt Lake City, Utah
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my pen lays stiff and captured
twisted between my fingers exactly the way i
learned not to hold a pencil
words will themselves free
fighting to tumble out and dot my page
with memories
my mother brushes her bangs from her
strong browbone, aligning her
painted eye with the viewfinder
even then
the age i am now
she knew how to dot a film strip
with memories
she still has bangs, but her eyes
– unpainted, ungarnished, understated
flick across my words
and see a photo
framed in her viewfinder

© Samantha M., Bethel, CT

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