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Marilyn, or No Girl Sets Out to Die: November Butterfly Poetry Prompt 1

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“…the reverse birth image never left me, of petals, hummingbirds, and Marilyn trying to breathe…”-- Marilyn, Arriving: Collage, Astrology and Poetry (Feral Mom, Feral Writer) November Butterfly (my first poetry collection, Saddle…
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She Dressed in a Hurry (for Lady Diana)

She dressed in a hurry  or perhaps never wore a slip. The photo the press loved: a girl in a skirt, distance between her thighs backlit by the sun, a circle of children in her care birthed by other mothers. The obvious didn’t escape…