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Author: Zoe Jane Patterson

August 19, 2018October 15, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

Aircraft Cabin

Home is a collection of things
/ It is a hand-crafted alibi to prove
/ You danced, wore,
/ read, wrote, breathed…

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August 19, 2018October 15, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

Heart, Star, Winky Face

What your top 3 emojis say about you / Pin them like a name-tag and / WELCOME …

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August 19, 2018October 15, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

Strayed: A Sonnet

Tethered she snarled, the girl gone lupine / Refused the food he offered through her cage. / Strips of a crime; sweet hare meat soaked in brine / Slaughtered that morning at too young an age…

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August 5, 2018October 15, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

A School for Little Witches

“What a little witch.”

Esther overheard it, passed like a note from her third-grade teacher to the fourth-grade teacher, and she knew that they were talking about her. Both adults glanced at her, and let their guilty eyes slide sideways when they saw her watching them…

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August 5, 2018October 15, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

Tender

Swathed in cherry fabric and saffron sands / Al Ain, that green stitch to cradle / You and I dragged sleepily from …

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July 22, 2018August 5, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

The Face That Flew

You see, it all started with the invention of the front-facing camera. Without that he would’ve been just fine, but Vanity had come to rest in the small circle of an iPhone 8+ (silver, he wasn’t a rose-gold kind of guy). Vanity, with her flashing bright eyes, pink cheeks and breathy whispers …

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July 22, 2018August 5, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

Sylvia and Ted

They met in the dark, drunk /
He touched her and she bit his /
Cheek so hard he left the room / With blood streaming …

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July 22, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

Finder’s Keepers

A corkboard cutout full of tacks / A body outline in chalk, still warm / The Blacktop Rules include …

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July 8, 2018July 22, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

No Time For Talking

Cheap vodka slosh and greedy hands / A glass ship bottle with a label / In a language I can’t read …

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July 8, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

Curdling

I can hear my heartbeat on the pillow tonight / Curdling in my ear / Trying to hop its way across …

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July 8, 2018July 8, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

Muskoka

The road moves like a silver fish / Towing us along. / It dips and curves, silent salivation …

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July 8, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

You Grew Up

My uncle took a swing at him / That flinchy puppy I barely know / Called cousin– something …

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July 8, 2018July 22, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

Lackadaisical Girl

A scoop grazed across an ice cream jug / A girl dragging herself / From sleep / Chocolate foxes cackle …

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June 24, 2018Zoe Jane Patterson

For Sabina

Her true artistry was her life / so light; it was / A series of rest stops / between each betrayal …

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