Moolten, David

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THE LITTLE MATCH GIRLDAVID MOOLTENUpdate the fairy tale and it's lessthan a page, five minutes of your ownpedestrian biographyin which a grown woman lieslike a gift from closed stores to sidewalk,her matches means to an end, smoke in the bowlof a glass pipe her rapturous meal.Her head Iolls against the curbeven as she drifts over it,and there are others and much higherone begins her descent, thousands betweenlike rungs of angels, beggingattention when pondered at a distance,if not a donation then an honest sigh.But only she grabs your trouser cuffand whether you drag her back or she bears you upsomehow you consume your lifeisn't sentimental, just a remedyto a problem you've always stepped overlike your shadow. Everybody has onelike a grandmother or an encounterwith bad weather. The match girl gets to heaven;Moolten 461Moolten: The Little Match GirlPublished by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB), 2019

The Little Match Girl

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The Little Match Girl

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