Jewett, Julie

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ForcesVolume 2006 Article 355-1-2006PietaJulie JewettFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.collin.edu/forcesThis Poem is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Collin. It has been accepted for inclusion in Forces by an authorized editorof DigitalCommons@Collin. For more information, please contact mtomlin@collin.edu.Recommended CitationJewett, Julie (2006) "Pieta," Forces: Vol. 2006 , Article 35.Available at: https://digitalcommons.collin.edu/forces/vol2006/iss1/35F E A T U R E D P O E T Julie JewettPietaJulie JewettMy upward bent legs beneath the blankets,in the gray light of thejust before daybreak,make me t h i n k of The Madonna's great legs: l ikeh a l f a giant h id ing under a swell of marble fabric .Her knees surge upward liketwo of Tethys' anc ien t fingers.and the surface of the ocean rises with them w i t h o u t breakingto jo in the smoothly downward f lowing streamt h a t is her son's dead body.B u t she was no Ti tan;she was a real person.Gou ld her legs rea l ly have held upall the troubles of the world lying therel ike a toppled Roman column across her lap?DianaIn the Autumn WindJulie JewettShe fe l l in love with a mor ta l manwho could not u n d e r s t a n d why so manygi r l s loved him.He let her know that even she was rea l ly notso special, but one among many.So now she laughs and sets loose the hounds onany un luckywho happens to s t ray loo close.And w i l l end her l i f e as a mound ofdried leaves, blown away by the wind.What Your Lover Is Really SayingJulie JewellI need you l i k e oxygen.I w a n t to suck you in to my lungs.push you through my ro l le r coaster bloodstreamu n t i l my e n t i r e body i s fed.then spit your wasted cells out for the trees to fix.1 wan t to say that you belong to meu n t i l you begin to resent everything:When I t e l l you. "No. you can ' t go out wi th your f r i e n d s . 'the always au toma t i c gr ip on your arm andthe wav 1 look at the moon like 1 own it.

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