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LIES I TELL MYSELF<br />
by Sarah Jones<br />
I’ll rise Sylvia Plath early and work this manuscript.<br />
I’ll untoggle from social media—no Instagram<br />
before noon or Facebook after 8 PM.<br />
I won’t skip the gym. I’ll skip the sugar.<br />
I won’t eat all this bacon nor will I drink<br />
another French red blend by myself.<br />
I’ll drink green tea on the patio twice a day.<br />
I won’t sext while my kids play Call of Duty<br />
in the other room. I’ll keep my shirt on<br />
during this Skype call. No more editors<br />
or poets nosing into places more than poetry.<br />
I’ll go slow—watch my skin crinkle with joy,<br />
unbotoxed. I won’t glass-slipper love or<br />
tarot-card our future again. I’ll be a Buddhist<br />
nun—toss this vibrator out for good.<br />
I’ll be productive, proactive, and more political.<br />
A no-er, though it might seem fun, to the sex greet.<br />
A yes-er to yoga. I’ll be a Bird of Paradise—long<br />
stocked with flaming hair, and hardy against the heat<br />
of another’s body. I’ll call my father and say,<br />
I’m balanced on the one leg you left me standing on.<br />
Sense of<br />
the Dance<br />
Fabrice Poussin<br />
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