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Third Place
Winner: Daniela Elza
if this were a picture
when the water is this close
washing up against the walls of the house
we remember (where the cracks are
fear seeps in through the windows
under the doors. it trickles
at first slowly sinks into carpets
washes the claw feet of furniture.
children find it amusing then cry
when their teddies refuse to float. when
what they know disappears and
they have to run up the stairs to parts of the house
(they do not understand.
even mama and papa cannot make it go away-
this turning black below
as the sky turns blue above.
were this a picture I could flip it
upside down and we'd be walking on
clouds. the reflection of trees
stirring the depths of sky our tears
falling onto the roof of our house.
filling the row boats. shimmering
on black hats. tears we fail
to notice so busy salvaging-
turning the sky inside out.
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