Lifshin, Lyn

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Going Thru A Box Of Old Papers, Letterspulling a box that smells like mold out in the kitchen on a day when the house won't get warm pulling postcards lyn are you eating you know you shouldn't worry about marks penny postcards from florida years of birthday cards with yr loving grand nanny's hand getting shakey hard to read i was rosalyn diane lipman these cards came to 38 main street 3 cent stamps to middlebury i was fat worried about boyfriends hated to wear glasses felt my belly twist at postcards like yr final biology mark exam is my mother's letters in pencil blur the "f's" all curly are you sure you're getting sleep enough and darling what does being a "goon" mean the letters stick together here's a dance program with no one's name on it a box that smells of lavender from bainbridge s.w.a.k. on the back of and yr loving gramp the ink running torn letter from dorothy about boys who put their hands there stamps a list of foreign students a note on dorm memo "10:30 someone with an accent left no name will call later" flowers from fatimi hair in a piece of tissue poems printed in 3rd grade on yellow paper about umbrellas and apple leaves poems that rhyme more predictable more clear than things i'm trying to touch nowRitalin Rita LynRitalin she says i've never heard of that and no wonder being blonde and healthy ordinary as Ritz crackers Ritalin and you know what you get when you open the box not like with strangely packed crackers from Switzerland who knows how long they've been around if they're crumbled being the Ritz cracker madonna why would or should she know about Ritalin. she said156i thought It was a typo hubby and i read and reread out of 250 people i picked your poems and i've read them so often i thought the poem had something to do with women not wanting the toilet seat lid up i thought it was about your mother wanting to call you Rita LynHow To Telldarkened rose canes falling down rhododendron cut what winter killed when live buds are startingafter the yellow forsythia bells, slice the rose busheswhen black birds are then prune cherries and grapevines leaflettuce and spinach peas radishes and cabbage go in when there are jonquilsIndians knew when the oak leaves are about the size of a mouse's ear, plant the corn—  Lyn Lifshin Niskayuna NY157WR: 25, 31, 34, 37, 42, 44, 47ss, 50, 53, 55, 56, 59cb, 62, 65/66ss, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78ss, 80

Going Thru a Box of Old Papers, Letters

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