Jessica
I am participating in the August Poetry Postcard Challenge this month. Each day, I send a new postcard with a poem on the back to a recipient on the group list. We began on July 27, but I am posting these a few days late, so that my pen pal can see them first. Enjoy!
In Some Places
We erase faces. Carve spaces
where noses and ears once rested.
We are not arrested. We are lifted
on shoulders, gifted with fat jewels
of praise. We are proud
of what we erase.
Even in the absence of features
we recognize
our small and disfigured victories.
- inspired by the August 9th cover of Time Magazine
Sent July 31
