Jehanne Dubrow Biography

maritime terminology
It means the moveable stays tied.
Lockers hold shut. The waves don't slide
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I see my husband shooting in Platoon,
and there he is again in M*A*S*H (how weird
to hear him talk like Hawkeye Pierce), and soon
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We dreamed of glowing children,
their throats alive and cancerous,
their eyes like lightning in the dark.
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For weeks, I breathe his body in the sheet
and pillow. I lift a blanket to my face.
There's bitter incense paired with something sweet,
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He kisses me before he goes. While I,
still dozing, half-asleep, laugh and rub my face
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