MasticadoresUsa // Editor: Barbara Leonhard //Poems about Loss by Nolcha Fox
Photo by Gru00e9gory Costa on Pexels.comVelveteen WaitingThe blue velveteen chair
by the window knows
how to wait.
The blue velveteen chair
waits for the curtains to open,
for the sun to lay itself
across soft blue arms.
The blue velveteen chair
waits for the dog
to fall asleep on its lap.
The blue velveteen chair
waits for the curtains to close,
for the lights to turn on.
The blue velveteen chair
knows how to fill up the corner
with patience.
~~
You’re Not Dead
You didn’t depart
from your body.
Your head is in a bag
you brought to the bar.
You order two drinks.
One for you.
One for your head.
You pour a beer
into the bag.
Your head screams.
I can hear it.
~~
Who Knew So Cruel?
I swam it in the uterus,
sucked it at the breast.
Cruel words were words
I learned before
I learned to say a word.
Cruelty hid in humor
that ground me into dust.
Who knew that cruel
was not the same
as hugs to warm my shoulders?
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Nolcha Fox’s poems have been curated in print and online journals. A best-selling author, her poetry books are available on Amazon and Dancing Girl Press. Nominated for Best Of The Net and Pushcart Prize multiple times. Editor of Chewers by Masticadores and LatinosUSA.
Website: https://writingaddiction2.wordpress.com/
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