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Brutal
Brutal to give
the prisoner a window—
a blue sky glimpse—
as if an afterlife
existed. Brutal
for you to parade
in a body
in the same
room where I dream you.
Source: Poetry (November 2011).
Biography
Andrea Cohen's books include Kentucky Derby (2011) and Long Division (2009), both from Salmon Poetry. She directs the Blacksmith House Poetry Series in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Living, The Mind, Love, Desire
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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