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kelley 17 Janine Kelley Whispers For Vanessa At night I whisper to my daughter of Amazons, Elizabeth the Queen, Joan of Arc, Georgia O'Keefe, women who sailed beyond sinks of dishes, spinning laundry, and sperm-stained beds hoping their voices and these knelt words would call and burn her dreams firing her daytime wanderings. On her dresser a Barbie doll sits nippleless, legs spread like the net of a siren waiting for Paris waiting for Troy to burn. ...

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