Plunk, Plunk, Plunk

Lydia Copeland Gwyn

Plunk, Plunk, Plunk

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Abstract

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Sleep as long as you like. Child, whose head is nightly kissed, whose arms are hemmed in blankets. The newborn scent of milk and nipples, pink gums still there. This is a song for you, a melody of ordinary life. The dishes put away, the table wiped clean, muffled sounds of kitchen conversation. Green grapes in a bowl. Your mother and father in another room. Your nana, your grandfather, you aunt too. Sleep now in the red velvet nightgown, the one that came with a matching cap, which you wear as a bonnet with your everyday clothes. You’re a lady. You’re a little girl. You’re a racecar [...]

Original language	American English
Journal	Anti-Heroin Chic
State	Published - Mar 21 2023

Keywords

creative writing
poetry

Disciplines

Creative Writing

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Plunk, Plunk, Plunk

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