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Lies I Tell Myself
Mobile Home Molly
I don’t remember Molly
ever wearing stilettos—
just gravel and trailer park
under her heels.
With a mouth like a river
and cigarettes as oars—
Molly held a howling dog
back by its collar.
How her big orange bangs shook
like Elvis’s jailhouse. She might
have cheated casinos or played
a heck of a whore in a western.
She probably took nude photos—
we women from small towns
give things away for free.
Sarah Jones is a poet and content specialist living in Seattle. She holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from Antioch University, Los Angeles. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in New Ohio Review, The Normal School, Maudlin House, Entropy magazine, Raven Chronicles, City Arts Magazine, Yes, Poetry, and many other places. She is a reader for Poetry Northwest, and a 2019 Pushcart Prize nominee. Lies I Tell Myself(dancing girl press & studio) is Sarah's first chapbook.
I don’t remember Molly
ever wearing stilettos—
just gravel and trailer park
under her heels.
With a mouth like a river
and cigarettes as oars—
Molly held a howling dog
back by its collar.
How her big orange bangs shook
like Elvis’s jailhouse. She might
have cheated casinos or played
a heck of a whore in a western.
She probably took nude photos—
we women from small towns
give things away for free.
Sarah Jones is a poet and content specialist living in Seattle. She holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from Antioch University, Los Angeles. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in New Ohio Review, The Normal School, Maudlin House, Entropy magazine, Raven Chronicles, City Arts Magazine, Yes, Poetry, and many other places. She is a reader for Poetry Northwest, and a 2019 Pushcart Prize nominee. Lies I Tell Myself(dancing girl press & studio) is Sarah's first chapbook.
50 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2018
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April 28, 2021
Raw and merciless without falling into all the traps that could make it mellow.
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