5/11/2016 0 Comments Four poems by Laura LeHew& A COUPLE OF WEAKNESSES there’s something satisfying about wild turkeys pillow talk & Doris Day the pancreas parsnips purses from WalMart platonic friends (though I am seeing this other girl) divination in your teacup—honey and clouds gluten free peanut butter cereal shooting musicians toddlers teetering down runways & baby cappuccinos broken down dolls the doll hospital filling with cigarette smoke sea salt caramels I have become accustomed to rejection AGAINST DECORUM I am not on the market & of course I am simply not dating Satan nor any of Them though their inner demons are rather quite rakish a paradox of peroxides, bald pates pesticides, sociopaths, math majors who have no real skills but still jab jab jab my tender scars what is appropriate AD (after divorce) there is so much more (to/in/about) me than just the facts AGNOSTICS protection | compliance non-persistent work space & secure by design as-a-service why are men so difficult non-disruptive benchmarkable performance data is available minimizing the risk the rush off a cliff scrying for the other wing Rapunzel let down her hair during a boot storm & before she put her lipstick on you are defeated GHOST RANCH walk the labyrinth between flagstone / river rock prickly pear / fluxweed’s pale petals mediations / compass points heartfelt truths with stones blue lace agate settles in the cup of coffee gusty winds may exist Bio: Laura LeHew’s collections include: Becoming (Another New Calligraphy), Willingly Would I Burn, (MoonPath Press), It’s Always Night, It Always Rains,(Winterhawk Press) and Beauty (Tiger’s Eye Press). Lana Hechtman Ayers says “As dark as the reality of Becoming is, the journey is redeemed by unflinching examination, moments of unwavering generosity, and the faithful testimony of survival.” In her other life Laura owns a computer forensics and network security consulting company. Laura received her MFA from the California College of Arts. She edits her small press Uttered Chaos www.utteredchaos.org. Laura always thought she’d be an astronaut lauralehew.com.
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