Poetry by Lisa Reynolds

            half alive - soo zzzz CC


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THERE ARE THINGS WE DON’T TALK ABOUT 
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1. the gun he hid under the dresser in the bedroom he shared with Mom.
2. how he raised it to his temple while standing in the bathtub.
3. how we clung to each other on an orange tweed couch, 

             listening for the shot that didn’t come.
       4. how she told us to tell him we were happy he wasn’t dead.
       5. how we waited for the next time.
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Lisa Reynolds is a Canadian writer of poetry and short stories. Her works are internationally published in anthologies, literary journals, and magazines. She lives in a waterfront community east of Toronto, Ontario.

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