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Courtney may be

the center of the universe

but I’ll hold rabbit ears

behind her head

and screech “Fire!”

when photographers

get too intense

I may be

an okay swimmer

but I’ll hold on to her

when the whirlpool

suddenly appears

thirsty to down me

like another beer chaser

© 2010 barbara moore

Published in How Dirty Girls Get Clean: An Anthology of Wicked Women Writes, Art and Subversive Scholarship

Edited by Rene Diedrich – Creative Consultant: Fiona Helmsley

Art Soldier Liberated Press

© 2011 by Rene Diedrich

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