It was easy before the hall
and porch were added, before tin
replaced thatched roof,
but now, now the body
bumps inside the coffin
tilted to make the turn
from the hall to the kitchen
Wendy Blankenship completed her MFA in Creative Writing through Naropa University. She is the co-author of Along the Black. Her work has appeared in Not Enough Night and The Myriad. She writes and teaches in Salt Lake City.
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