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First Place
Winner: Elizabeth Smucker
Tango
Your shoulders look so tense my dear-
he leaves her broken-thumbed.
I don't remember slicing antelope
She folds the dough over like a swollen diaper
and gives it a pat.
or letting it burn when
She can't knead the bread one-handed. Well she could
but he isn't coming back.
your hand slid up my thigh
She stares at her reflection in the ice biting her fingers and wonders
how long it will take her, unkneaded, to ferment.
we boiled over
Her heart is starving for cheese, but cannot find a knife. Instead
she cuts her tongue with whiskey.
onto the splintered floor-
Her limbs won't stay awake. She tries to walk
but her leg bends. She capsizes.
it left scars.
She clutches the carpet with her pinky, wishing
her thumb would work. She wants more to hold.
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