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  • Lies
  • Amy Ash (bio)

Forget about the garden.The roots of the salsify are notthe pale, thin handsof an old woman plunged,wrist deep in the dirt, clawing.The pumpkin does not suggestpregnancy with its fullness.Next week it will be hacked at [End Page 93] with a bat, abandonedby the side of the highway.The sunflowers, heads bowed,do not grieve. And still, you insistthat overhead, the clouds,leaden and gray, are heavy. [End Page 94]

Amy Ash

Amy Ash has had poems published in various journals, including Lake Effect, Cimarron Review, Harpur Palate, and Mid-American Review. She is a recipient of an Academy of American Poets prize. She holds an mfa from New Mexico State and is working toward a PhD at the University of Kansas.

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