Daily Archives: November 21, 2012

thanksgiving, 2012

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

i would rather embody grace than say it, hands folded neatly over these plates, shining my grandmother’s pattern & i remember her hands stroking napkins to smoothness on this table, teaching me the placement of plates & which forks to … Continue reading →

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unvarnished

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

if i parse myself in pieces they never add up to pretty still, this skin that burns and never tans is the same that sings under your hands & my lips’ bare thinness parts to let tongues twine in a … Continue reading →

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