Thursday, September 8, 2011

mimesis

the little girl
holds a pencil
between her fingers,
then brings it
to her mouth,
all the while
watching Mom
smoke.

By Debbi Antebi

3 comments:

The Bijou Poetry Review said...

Debbi Antebi lives and writes in Istanbul, Turkey. Her work has appeared in Apollo’s Lyre, Three Line Poetry, and Short, Fast, and Deadly, among others. Follow her @debbisland.

Toni said...

I love the parallelism here

Shauna said...

Authentic and clear.

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