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by Judith Baumel

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POETRY

The Morning After the Oscars
by Laurie Barton

I am not
angry that I lost

Nor relaxing
with roses
my cellular
throbbing with calls

Not regretting
my gowned capture
by cameras
snap-clicking
like insects

No, simply facing
diapers and TV
No nanny cracking
Zwieback for my children

No sound but that of
cartoon ducks
quacking in tempos of Monday

Laurie Barton is a poet, fiction writer, and mother of three. Her work has appeared in Artisan and In Other Words.