Your Just Desserts

Your Just Desserts

A Poem by Debbie Paliagas
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I was very angry with someone and had to either hit her or write a poem. I chose the latter.

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You,
Nullipara,
condescend to step
right in and
rule the rest who weren't blessed
with flawlessness like yours.

Primal donna, know-it-all, you step
with careless certainty and
crush
(with flame-red, dyed-to-match pumps)
insects, imperfect mothers, forsaken dreams.

And so, I feel a surge of mirth escape
from wiser lips
as I turn
my back to you, unshattered
by your fall.

© 2014 Debbie Paliagas


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Added on January 29, 2014
Last Updated on January 29, 2014
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Debbie Paliagas
Debbie Paliagas

Eau Claire, WI



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