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Jacqueline West

Jacqueline West's work has appeared in journals including St. Ann's Review, Inkwell, Briar Cliff Review, flashquake, Barnwood, and the Pedestal Magazine. Her chapbook, Cherma, is forthcoming from Parallel Press. More about her work can be found at www.jacquelinewest.net.

After Party

8 March 2009
Vol. 9, No. 1
poetry

Pigment lingers

in the weave of thick paper,

the dusty blood ring

of the wineglass.

The kiss-traced napkins

tossed in piles

like the wrappings of secrets,

disappointingly empty.