In the Margin

My purpose lost, I wander
into the living room.
One dusty bookcase
catches my eye.

I sit on the wood floor,
choose a fat book,
thumb pages, until
I reach a yellow stickie.

In the margins, in pencil,
Angela’s clear
handwritten notes.
here I find her,
hear her voice.

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Jennifer L. Abod, PhD. Her poems appear in Sinister Wisdom, One Art Journal, The Metro Washington Weekly, Silver Birch Press, Wild Crone Wisdom, Artemis Journal, and forthcoming in Spillway Magazine. Dr. Abod is a jazz singer, award-winning documentary filmmaker, and radio broadcaster. She is a former assistant professor of Communications and Women’s Studies. www.jenniferabod.com