Rose Maria Woodson
the shiny skinny

all the girls are fresh shiny
windows walking
through themselves to themselves
wrapped in slant slang & silk scarves
they know they can’t afford
but buy anyway
because the world balances
on just the right blue
the right blue that loves
their momentary flowering like
a perfect vase

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Rose Maria Woodson's poetry has appeared in Foliate Oak, Magnolia, Quantum Poetry, OVS, Jet Fuel Review, Stirring, The Mojave River Review, and Scapegoat Review. She makes her home in Chicago.

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