breech position, spiked fingers strike ice, toes point leg and shoulder pull thru curve women on blades, cutting to ribbons old narratives of princess and maid these are rocketeers, pledged to the swiftest line down twisting paths, but weighted each one the same, a fixed mass given equal opportunity, one by one they fly. …
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Names Like Prayers
What do you need to believe? Shiva Keshavan wears names like prayers wrapped around him, as he flies down highways of ice, chasing glory. He is carrying dreams and pledges that hold him, like the many armed deity steady on the road, arrow swift unflinching, and joyous in his might. How do we wrap our young…
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