Gardner, Jennifer E.

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Exile Volume 27 Number 1 Article 33 1981 Puzzle Picture (Photograph) Jennifer E. Gardner Denison University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.denison.edu/exile  Part of the Creative Writing Commons Recommended Citation Gardner, Jennifer E. (1981) "Puzzle Picture (Photograph)," Exile: Vol. 27 : No. 1 , Article 33. Available at: https://digitalcommons.denison.edu/exile/vol27/iss1/33 This Image is brought to you for free and open access by the English at Denison Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Exile by an authorized editor of Denison Digital Commons. The Echo of the StreetBy Suzy SnyderFrom dark cafesSmoky eyes and like a silent butlerWe present ourselvesto moon brick buildings, smoldering sidestreets.and gray window glass.Cat crys from beyond the cracked wall.Clicking steps on the pavementlike a message deliveredto the hookerwho stumbles pass usred lipstick smearedover the bottled bagged wineShe calls to the manon the raw iron stairwellA boney hand fishes forwhite gloves and dead rosesunder the embellished trashThrough the stricken alleyWe descend downthe familiar creaking stairsback to wine and candlesBobbieBy J.L. FreemanYour teeth sitin the trough indenting your protruding tongue,a sign of your genetics;you place the familiar white plastic haton flattened head,bang it down with your hand.Smilingyou walk through the room of peopleavoiding them all;you paint lines and blotchesand carefully remove the smock,hanging it up,you move awayto another project.You run to meto tell me something of importance to you,but inside of youis too much of one chromosone--too much DNA, too much life material--stuck together sometime afteryour conception;I am angry that chromosonewon't let me understand what you say.twenty-twothe rubber cement of your smiledripsoff your faceover my legsgluing me downwhere I sit.I wish to leavebut you have my shoes under your bed;you too wish I would leavebut I cannot standbecause of the stickinessthat covers this chairand the floor;I want to feelthis is also your fault.By J. L. FreemanThe rubber cement of your smiledripsoff your faceover my legsgluing me downwhere I sit.I wish to leavebut you have my shoes under your bed;you too wish I would leavebut I cannot standbecause of the stickinessthat covers this chairand the floor;I want to feelthis is also your fault.Puzzle Picture By Jennifer Gardnertwenty-three

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