FALL/ WINTER 2011

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Ellen Pickus

HOUSEHOLD ACCIDENTS

Most accidents occur in the home.
The familiar chairs offer
false comfort to bare feet.

Thumbs scar from curling-iron vanity.
Ankles twist from overreaching
to turn a light bulb.

Minds crimp from over-ironing
memories best left under mattresses
covered by stiff white sheets.

The shocked face in the paper
of the man who killed his girlfriend
looks so very  young.


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