The One Who Dies
by Karen R. Porter
From the wound
strange notes take flight
lifting to the sky
Her throat opens
letting out the crying birds.
She is the one
who always dies
alone and bloody
in a ditch,
in the shadows,
floating face-down
in the blackness
of a thawing river.
She is familar.
You know her
though you've never met
Her story
was in the news
every night
for six long weeks.
She is a runaway,
a little kid,
a teenage mom,
a woman with poor timing.
She works down the street.
She lives Next door.
You might even see her next time
you look in the mirror.
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Please note that The Stray Branch is currently working on a heavy backlog. Issue #5 will be released this March and issues #6 Fall/Winter 2010, #7 Spring/Summer 2011 and #8 Fall/Winter 2011 are now full so any submissions of poetry or fiction sent now, if accepted will not appear in publication until 2012. I do not want to hold up anyone’s work for that long of a period of time but if this is not a problem for you feel free to submit just keep in mind the length of time between acceptance and publication. Artwork and photography submissions are still needed for #8. All artwork and photography also considered for the cover. Reading times for The Stray Branch are
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