Tag Archives: Syria

Golf

Posted on September 19, 2014 by amalieflynn

When they ask me if, If my husband can go Back to war, I say yes, Because he is in the military And he can always go back, Back to war, And I use words like lottery And involuntary recall and How we do not … Continue reading →

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Moon

Posted on August 4, 2014 by amalieflynn

We are driving home, Passing New York City, On the right, Out the car window, And it is a skyline, In the sky, Like a line of teeth, And my oldest son Finds it, pointing, Telling his younger brother, Saying the … Continue reading →

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Pretend

Posted on January 15, 2014 by amalieflynn

Our son is invited to a birthday party Where they will play tag with laser guns, Wear vests over their small chests, and Carry large rifles, Kneel in the darkness, And shoot each other. I don’t like it, I say … Continue reading →

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No

Posted on January 1, 2014 by amalieflynn

Eighty seconds, my mother says, Over the telephone. And she is telling me, How a girl died, how She was killed, Shot point-blank at school By another student, With a shotgun, or How her head was a target. And I am talking Over … Continue reading →

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Sclera

Posted on September 30, 2013 by amalieflynn

We are at the eye doctor And she is showing us a diagram Of the human eye, the pupil and Iris and how the white of the eye Is called the sclera, a fibrous tissue That stretches from the cornea … Continue reading →

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Arming

Posted on October 24, 2012 by amalieflynn

It is night in America. And in this house, on a television, There are men, who talk about arms. About how we should arm them, Rebels from another country, so They can take over a bad regime. And I know … Continue reading →

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