Vacant 2

Vacant 2

A Poem by Mary
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A total rewrite of Vacant (though not finished yet) after some helpful reviews.

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There's a picture of me and my sister

I'm not there

she's smiling, all braces and gangly

her acid washed denim wrapped around me

I'm not there

posing, a movie star in the making

 

on her barely pubescent hip, I sit
I'm not there

saucer eyes, all cobalt and glossy

all four years and experience of me

I'm not there

and defensively empty already

 

the truth in this picture is frightening

She's not there

to escape from her waking nightmare 

the child's gone vacant, into hiding

She's not there

without restoration for twenty years

 

 

 

 

 

© 2008 Mary


Author's Note

Mary
It isn't finished yet, I'm going to add three more verses. One more "she's not" and two "is she" in reference to my neice. I just need to step away from it for the moment.

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Mary
Mary

St.Petersburg, FL



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Much of my poetry is about addiction. It played a huge, if not the only, role for many years of my life. I'm now a recovering addict, clean for over a year. I'm also recovering from self-mutilation, w.. more..

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