Bridget Fahey O’Brien
Rock Climbing
Response

ABCs
By Annmarie Lockhart
Inspiration Piece

You gave me a sheet of green lined paper
with my name ranged across the top and a
lopsided heart halfway down. You signed it
in kindergarten letters carved in the certainty
of milk and cookies:
Your Valentine
as if somehow I might not know what was
already written in the stars.

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Bridget Fahey O’Brien
Beginning/End
Inspiration Piece

Star-Crossed
By Annmarie Lockhart
Response

Summer finally remembered to check the calendar.
She’s a few weeks late and I can relate.
Who can resist the pull of the off-season: lazy
days washed down with spritzers and beer,
reset rhythms that might leave one unable
to tell sunset from sunrise, midday wake-
ups to the sound of open car windows
and trains of nowhere? Who can resist
the weight of nothing to do? Who can blame
the wayward season for wanting to close her eyes
and relive the dream, dancing up a snowstorm
on a frosted night, in a white dress and red boots,
warm in the ephemeral embrace of Winter.

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