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pure as the driven snow by. allana stuart

(with thanks to the Cocteau Twins)



seems like only an iceblink

since we were teenagers

head over heels and

exchanging milk and kisses

on a plaid couch in

your parents’ basement.


our breakup stung like a

calfskin smack

and left me in a

cherry coloured funk

but you’re such a treasure

that i forgave you.


now we’re seekers who are lovers

and you make me feel like

persephone

always torn between

heaven or las vegas.




 



Allana Stuart is a writer of poetry and fiction and a former radio journalist at Canada's national public broadcaster. Her poem "The End of the Line" won first prize in Prairie Fire Magazine's 2021 Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award Contest, and was longlisted for the 2021 CBC Poetry Prize. Allana's poetry has been published in a variety of Canadian and international literary journals. She lives in Ottawa.


Painting by. Dmitri Cavander

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