Used by permission of the author.Īllison Whittenberg is the author of the Young-Adult books Hollywood and Maine, Life is Fine, Sweet Thang and Tutored. “The Quickening” and “Words Leave Me Hungry” were published in Tacenda Literary Magazine, Copyright, Spring 2011, Allison Whittenberg. It’s not like when I was young and throbbing I remember the first time I had sex only because

Your letter recognition full of caprice – 2, 5, 6, 9, 10 Why? I’m your genie sprung from the bottleĪllowing you to settle on a meal of oyster crackers and ice cream I’llĪlready I’d like to fight every bully for youīut that four year old Nazi who blocked your way at the sliding boardĪlready you lord over me. We bondįor two years, then he’s off to his sentence.īut maybe one day if he’s not shipped too far on a side street glazed with rain. Going under, reminds me of the high life. Will the maternity ward be pastel blue or pastel pink? It’s institutional white. Protect the unborn I’m cuffed in front transported on a state bus. They’d have to save all the whales before they get to prisoner’s rights. Feeding. Always feeding the hungry.įuzzy fussy responsibilities piling like landfills I don’t want to be folk like my mother was folk. Or rush to alter with a gown and a groom and a promise I don’t want to hunker down in Staten Island Its absence assures a lacy indefectibility OL16286072W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 90.00 Pages 202 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1299062695 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:34:17 Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid IA174101 Boxid_2 CH129925 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Containerid_2 X0008 Donorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary Edition 1st ed.

Tutored by Allison Whittenberg