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Spring 2005 - Volume 27, Number 2
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Downtown Penance
Two people, sunk into a booth in a racket of a diner
Stuck to the greasy nylon seats of a sticky situation
The conversation is pregnant,
Just off Union Square
This October, her birthmonth
The weather is regrettably cold
And they eat, to fill the void in the gut of this fall morning
His is tall, exotic-seeming, with eyes
As if you were staring at the crucifix
In the Gothic cathedral up 1st Avenue
They command your attention--dark, direct, and dire.
She glances emptily at the Greek waiters
Bustling ad nauseum with "Omelet! Coffee! BLT!"
Slowly detaching herself from the burden across the booth
The man with the crucifix eyes loves her unconditionally
But this is diner-side-confession Saturday
And she can no longer smile softly.
-By Marybeth Grunstra
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Poetry and Prose Deadline!
Thu 10.30 // 05:00pm //
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