 MFreeZone: Holly Day
Holly Day's poetry and
fiction have most recently appeared in "Creative
Ooze", "Palace Corbie", and
"International Quarterly". You can contact
Holly on yves@orbiter.com.
Housetrap
Holly
Day
you can still
catch them, butterflies
with your bare hands, sheathed fists
lure little girls in with your music
sweet words. I hide in my room
watch you through the doorway
remembering when it was me sitting there
on the couch, feet tucked beneath me
in awe of your beauty,
of you. your charm
still amazes me, even feeling the effect
second-hand, through these almost-lovers
you lure and collect, these brilliant trophies
invading my home.
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Wolfegang, 1st
Birthday
Holly
Day
sometimes I wake
up in the middle of the night
fingers close on his tiny hands
remembering a dream where I almost lost him
remembering the dreams that say I still can
mother, I sit up in the middle of the night
watching him sleep, and angel without wings
heart beating so strong I can see through pale
flesh
an incredible child
I still feel inside me
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Learning to Juggle
at Ten
Holly
Day
Falling apart was
the only natural end
to the dance—the spheres slipped from orbit
pastel balls rolling across the pavement
to the sound of laughter. I want
to begin again, show the kids on the swings
that I can do this, command the force of gravity
itself—in the center of the universe I stand
arms held out, benevolently reaching to the sky
like some preteen statue of Krshna.
But I just stood there, watching the colored
balls rolling out
under the jungle-gym, trying so hard not to cry.
One of the kids picked up a ball, a bright blue
one,
and threw it at the back of my head. I remember
lying on my back on the concrete, wishing
furiously to be discovered
by a chance passing circus, the ringmaster
pulling me to my feet
and booming, "You're exactly what we've been
looking for!"
and take me away, far away,
from all the horrible teasing laughing faces
to a big circus tent, in another city
where I'd have my own show.
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"watching
him sleep, and angel without wings"
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