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Her grandmother`s face

by  Souchong

Posted: Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Word Count: 48




Ophelia has nothing in her pockets,
Tranquil, she oils her way downstream
with thoughts of cinnamon and oranges,
There is no poetry in her thistledown, crocheted
skin, the fine layer of dust in her hands.
Her body ripples, sinuous in the water,
reflected
she sees her grandmother's face.