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Volume 5 Issue 4
Page 25

Passed by her
on the way home from the lake.
She sat on the side of the road,
torn denim jacket, jeans rolled
at the cuff, and barefoot.
Oblivious -
her back to the traffic.
Blistered thumb
      thumbing through
a magazine.
Not a care in the world;
except maybe about
what she was reading
or the wild orange poppy
delicately placed
     behind her ear.
She'll be hitching again by sun-down,
giving her thumb
time to peel, a sunburn
from being stretched out
too long
     in the sun.
Wild Poppy
By Janine Margiotta