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Thinner

Second Place, Poetry

Daniel Krall

Fiction & Poetry Contest 2005

Write On Our Annual Fiction and Poetry Contest

The 7-Year-Old Lush First Place, Fiction | By Peter Thompson

The Janitor Second Place, Fiction | By David Rockstar

Pigtown by Blue Light Third Place, Fiction | By Tezhina Bradley

Double Shot First Place, Poetry | By Moira Egan

Thinner Second Place, Poetry | By Amy January

Love Is . . . Third Place, Poetry | By Cybele Pomeroy

By Amy January | Posted 11/30/2005

Every time they see her
looking thinner: there is
less to hug
until she’s transparent to
herself: until she’s
thick as paper and
better
blanker
for writing upon.

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