- Doll, House
There is a home where I shrink insideto fit every room. More out of body
than furniture, but I have been that too,posable in the kitchen & bath,
tub filled to the brim, shower falling.Remember? I have been the carpet
& Queen Anne chair, coffee table setfor you, dresser, with belts & ties.
Trope the bed, to rule with no rules, kingspread pulled wide. What is a realm
with windows painted shut, sun slanted& the view, a daydream? I never knew
I had a smallest self & wasn't lookingwhen I forgot I was alive. [End Page 135]
Tanya Grae is the author of the forthcoming book Undoll (YesYes Books), a National Poetry Series finalist, and the chapbook Lethe (Five Oaks Press). Her poems have appeared in AGNI, New Ohio Review, New South, the Massachusetts Review, and elsewhere. Grae teaches at Florida State University while finishing her doctorate. Visit www.tanyagrae.com.