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| ***BIO*** Lena Judith Drake is Puerto Rican, young, edits Breadcrumb Scabs magazine (http://www.breadcrumbscabs.com), and enjoys Chinese buffets, hot showers, and sleeping. More information and previous publications can be found at http://www.geocities.com/lenajudith. |
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| She dies as regular as a clock and
as steady as the day is long. She smokes on the balcony, verbal fences, chokes. Disdainful cadence, drips from her sweat gland. She walks around like a dead man, back hand, all tongue, teeth, and sandpapered knees. She strokes his thigh, glycerin cubes in mouth. Provokes only more words, and her lungs full of sand. The garbage can is overflowing in the sink under the cabinet, and she presses holes in the plaster with the tips of her toes. Floor stains. Drips from bathtub gin. Too much. She knows it's very bourgeoisie. Knotting hair and grime. Three steps and she trips. |
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| June 2009 |
| 119 |