Poetry /Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach :: Week 9: Grape :: louse: the singular form of lice, small, wingless, youd never heard of because you never find just one like the note from your sons school saying one girl has them & shes been treated & you should check every tangle of your sons curls to make sure some havent found their way inside & another mother says shed buzz it all off just to be safe, says hes a boy so hell look tougher anyway & you recall how you were three then too when your parents nearly shaved you & the other kids wouldnt share the bench, would run away & yell & point, would laugh how you were infected & dirty & a louse, ruined Jewishso youll refuse to cut his hair & scour each perfect ringlet, twist their multitudes around your fingers & when you find only more locks, youll tell him to sit with Evelyn tomorrow, to remind her she is beautiful & loved :: Week 33: Pineapple :: Every time she turns her head between your ilium & coxal bones, you feel your water about to break, afraid of that balloon-pop in your pelvis, afraid break is wholly wrong for what shifts or tears, slips & loosens
In many cases, home remedies and over-the-counter medications may be enough to alleviate the pain
I like to think Im not overly nostalgic, but when I remember Ive already lived over half my life, those memories can be comforting
For example, theyve provided something that isnt a name at all, but rather a political slogan with the aim of having our barista shout it out as they hand off the finished drink
8 Another study found that smokers homes contained THS even 6 months after they stopped smoking
