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  Sandy Sue Benitez's poetry has appeared (under the pen name of Sandy Hiss) in numerous journals such as Scorched Earth, Autumn Leaves, Ken*Again, Thick With Conviction, Defenestration, Zygote in my Coffee, Words-Myth, Falling Star, Chantarelle's Notebook, Tipton Poetry Journal, The Orange Room Review, Unfettered Verse, La Fenetre, KillPoet, and Mastodon Dentist. Her first book of poetry, Ever Violet, by D-N Publishing will be out early this year.  


Spring 2007

Table of Contents - Vol. III, No. 1

Poetry    Essays    Fiction    Book Notes & Reviews

 

Sandy Sue Benitez

 

In Full Bloom


He told me
I was a calla in full bloom
trapped inside a paper vase.

I wasn't sure what to say
so I smiled politely
and walked away. Towards the lilacs.
They offered me water
for parched eyes.

I was home now
but the walls needed to be scrubbed.
The rudeness of time
had changed them from purple
to grey.

And he was a thorn I would pull
when the pain was gone
leaving me numb
from the heart down.

 

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