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A Poets Publishing Cooperativeproudly announces the publication of
FIRE ROULETTE
Poems
Jeanette Marie Clough
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She does not cut her hair.
She does not wear a hat in the sun.
She eats too many cookies.
She experiments with cooking rare beef.
She sets her alarm for 7:00 in case she sleeps past 5:00.
She dusts quarterly.
She refuses to converse by pantomime.
She hates Punch and Judy puppet shows.
She likes orange marigolds and late Renaissance secular madrigals
sung a cappella.
She is good at waiting. She is good at listening.
She is good at things almost no one cares about, like identifying
the city where a coin was minted.
She is bad at portion control.
She is bad at understanding someone who has never spoken to her.
She climbs to the top of high buildings.
She drives across the Salt Flat's blinding white glare.
She is good at starting over.
She is good at starting over again.
She carries a bright red purse with matching patent leather
four-inch heels.
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