Nothing about her need to be seen has surfaced yet. That blondness, those questions overshadowed, a penguin’s rock still more meaningful than those lashes. A woman carves her body’s boldness free and her mother’s skirt remains a cave, a shallow lean-to sheltering against intention and intentional stares. This daughter of mine turns away from mouths, […]
Kelli Allen
Kelli Allen’s work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies in the US and internationally. Allen is the co-Founding Editor of Book of Matches literary journal. Allen’s latest book is Leaving the Skin on the Bear, C&R Press, 2022. She currently teaches writing and literature in North Carolina. www.kelli-allen.com