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Poetry: Lisa Zaran

9/5/2016

Writing Wrongs

By Lisa Zaran
QuailBellMagazine.com

Writing Poetry is Hard

Somebody has to give insight
to the car accident that left
two dead, another in critical condition.

Life must be materialized
into form, a shape that others
can formulate, breathe into, emotionalize.

Placing life onto paper infinitesimally
changes a person psychologically.

It’s biological. It’s an angel on your shoulder.

There are knots that must be undone.
Cramped muscles that must be massaged.

I Wasn’t Happy

when my teacher whispered in my ear:
you might want to wear a bra.

when silence became a hindrance
to my growth, and as a feeler

I was forced to speak.

To be a Program Facilitator in County Jail

Brick, painted an awful sour-egg white.
I have my clearance badge, my curriculum.

The officer takes her time. Eventually, I am granted entrance.
What impresses me most is the odor. Grainy, overly close.

Wearing a bright yellow shirt, thinking: too much
assuredness is uncouth. Too much brightness is blindness.

My hair is tied loosely root to end, a caveat of insecurity,
tendrils fighting for freedom, a loosening within me.

The women are skinny. And fat. Happy. And sad.
I walk in wearing the fucking sunlight.

They accept me as if I were their mother, sister, best friend.

I like your shirt.

It’s the little things.

#Unreal #YellowShirt #CountyJail #Colors #Freedom #WritingIsHard

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