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A Texas summer day
Borders
Like water/rock
Tree/sky
Rope swing/air
Road/sidewalk
Water/air to breathe

My brown-skinned daughters
Swim, play, float, dive, cling

A Texas summer day
Borders
Like current/shore
Clay/solid ground
War/peace
Fear/full bellies
Cold/blankets
Journey/cage
Tyranny/freedom

Brown-skinned daughters
Enter the river
And leave the Earth
Enter the desert

And leave the Earth
And dive and play
In limestone pools
Between earth and sky

Author

  • Susan Niz’s second chapbook, Left-Handed Like a Lightning Whelk, is forthcoming with Finishing Line Press (November 2019). Her novel Kara, Lost (North Star Press, 2011) was a finalist for a Midwest Book Award for Literary Fiction. She has a Master’s Degree in Education, raises kids, has been a grassroots community organizer and conserves Monarchs. She recently relocated from Minnesota to the Austin area.
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