42opus
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20 December 2006 | Vol. 6, No. 4
Romantic Movies
The plane crashed
but did the pilot
have to be so badly
burned? Our blonde—her hair
fluent, sea plants reaching
for the sea—must she love him
still (no matter
what)? Wailing
in silence by carlight
at the hospital, he's strapped
down by puzzling
contraptions. Confession
—is it needed (bowls
of diamonds?)—
Question: should I slip
on my slip and rush this
flight or wait full blushed
for the warning
call? Return: it snowed
all night and now, quietly,
I watch you shovel
our driveway (trace
trail). The dawning
shivers. Makes a sail.
About the author:
Lauren Goodwin Slaughter holds an MFA from the University of Alabama. Her work has been featured on Verse Daily and has most recently appeared in Fugue, Faultline, and Salt Hill. New poems are forthcoming in Blue Mesa Review and Crab Orchard Review. She lives in Missoula, Montana where she continues to work as prose editor for the online journal, DIAGRAM.
Source:
http://42opus.com/v6n4/romanticmovies