Daily Archives: August 7, 2012

is this the Olympics or miss USA?

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

sorry about the hair women girls, I was busy shaping this  body these muscles that strength tight and precise as a strung bow to send flesh like the toned arrow it is into that shiny gold target too busy to notice the … Continue reading →

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husks (the dream doll)

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

if what wakes you from dreaming is hungry my grandmother would say to make a husk doll from leaves holding close to dry cobs of braided colored corn soak them to softness and braid cornsilk hair darkened yellow to brown keep … Continue reading →

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why I don’t barter

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

my fathers traded kindness for want fur for mirrors land for beads meat for smallpox folded in blankets what is left for me to trade or gamble but spirit the one thing I own that is neither worn nor broken … Continue reading →

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