The nude are sly by Patricia Wellingham-Jones
closing their belly buttons
draping short hair
clenching the muscles
that bring up the rear
They flash whole inches of skin
gather rays against white flesh
parade in the privacy of their front yards
behind chain link fences
Patricia Wellingham-Jones has a longtime interest in ‘healing writing’ and the benefits people gain from writing and reading their work together. Chapbooks include Don’t Turn Away: Poems About Breast Cancer, Voices on the Land, and End-Cycle, poems about caregiving.
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