Triangle

Three
on a sunny porch     ready
for church    I
going on fourteen     proud
in a new white
dress of my own
design

piqué weskit
skirt pulled to
fullness in
back     big border of
purple flowers     little white
hat and gloves     white
prayerbook in hand
grown-up lipstick

compliments flow from my
father like
warm sweet juice
he's never
noticed me before

silent anger
crackles in the air     my mother
turns away

Maureen Eppstein

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