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The Pinups of the Afterlife
Meg Smith
In
your final bed,
the one with metal rails,
we
are watching
the
lives of
Bettie Page and Vampira,
and
a nurse may
smile when
passing
in the
hall.
I
have always held
you
in
the house of
singing mermaids,
in
our night's
whisper. I want and still
want
for you
always, a brightened heart,
with all nurtured, and laces
undone.
Meg Smith is a writer,
journalist, dancer and events producer living in Lowell, Mass.
In addition to previously
appearing in Black Petals, her poetry and fiction have appeared in Dark
Moon Digest, Aphelion, Blood Moon Rising Magazine, Sirens Call, and many
more.
She is author of five
poetry books and a short fiction collection, The Plague Confessor. She
welcomes visits to megsmithwriter.com.
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