SEPIA TONES

as if in a whisper hues that harmonize    it could be
for once you are really listening      or not,
but the shape of your attention     a magnetism of attraction
focused on what draws you in      these are photographs
that will never see the light of direct exposure
you look at them in secret but only with your           heart
with your fingertips pressed up against the quality
of grain   your eyes are the moment something's captured
as if in a whisper   you are really listening

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THE EX-HUSBAND

he left you his missing sock and you've
laundered it all these years    you've cared for it
folded it neatly into boxes when you've moved
the sock is ungrateful    it smells bad
as if afflicted with a fungal infection
and it's covered with lint    you would think
his foot is still in it      he wants you to rub it
to make it come     then you'll wash it again ...

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absorbed

House for a Blue Bird

Tularosa Cowboy

Red Flowers

Tree, Dripping Springs Natural Area

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Elaine Thomas is a poet/photographer living in the desert southwest, where most of the time it's warmer than elsewhere. She co-edits interweave(zine) with Kurt Nimmo, and is also the photography and art director of Erosha, a literary journal of the erotic. Her work has appeared in a variety of print and online publications. 'concession' 'Some Room in an Unspecified City' 'fetal position' poetry/elaine thomas -Kurt Nimmo music accompaniment