09/15/2010

Though it needn’t be.
It has me.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

It’s dedicated to fellow poet Jennifer Michael Hecht because I owe the poem almost entirely to her and a comment she left under a Facebook posting of mine. Thanks, JMH!

BIO:

Jill Alexander Essbaum is the author of several collections of poetry. She lives in Austin, Texas.
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