Amrita Skye Blaine, author and poet

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Anna
Anna I recall her big, soft body fleshy arms always ready to hug she smelled of ironing hot cotton from the mangle and All detergent carried a huge…
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nightfrights
nightfrights bad men chasing cannot move icy terror courses shaky legs throat won’t open lungs can’t grab air no shriek for help awaken with shame…
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door
door I left doors closed some best not open— hat-and white-glove grew me up mother beckoned I swerved away she never forgave oh, we talked pleasant…
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galloping in place
galloping in place 1953 I lined them up in tiny groups delicate, ceramic three wild manes one tail streaming a mended leg three galloping one rearing…
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crushed
crushed 1954 maybe nine admiring my drawing— carefully sharpened pencil, side-view head of a horse wild mane, bold eye best one ever yes!
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why is it?
why is it? many parents want their children to be carbon copies of them?
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little one
little one new papa, broad grin, tiny infant in a front pack I admire his child carrot hair and dimple— dad says, twelve weeks leave, then adds I need…
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brute courage
1984, nine years old
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the test
the test
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