Slides (Interpreted by Nancy)

Every no is a yes in a no-colored dress

You may dress as you wish as a state fair ewe or a deep sea fish. It says: You girls are perfect saplings. You had fear I could smell from my chair but because you have been practicing and practicing you were able to forget I was there.   You have shown a keen interest in pitch and...
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Stay scared. Who’s armed, who’s not. Whose suit is red. Whose lips are made so. Whose come like that from blood inside. One chickenpock. Two chickenpox. Three. Thirteen. Forty-seven. Nota bene: This happened. Is happening. Not for shame, but for the ship’s log do we document. And of course to honor the force of poxes. For...
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We still haven’t talked about what happened yesterday It is important to try I think you know what I want Thank you for the blanket It is warm and has snaps and is very colorful My hands are free Is it okay if we just stand here while we figure out what’s wrong ...
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Do you have any images of you/your family that you want Nancy-ified? We are expanding Slides (Interpreted by Nancy) to include YOUR submitted images. Email images to:  amy@ohioedit.com!  The delicacy of July and babysitting somebody’s guinea pig The sturdiness of rubber bands twisted over t-shirts and sunk in dye It is all about the clothes Will always...
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I am going to stand on these stairs For a very long time When will we take off the pantyhose get out of the hot sun get off the packed earth spit out the metal braces and leave this particular Hilliard, Ohio She calls meetings just to call meetings She doesn’t even have an agenda Everything you...
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In sun On cement You can sleep In California, everything seems possible until slowly you see there is no California There are sandwiches in the car But for now: the boy, harnessed the girl, wrapped and the misnamed Pacific My older brother wants what he wants. He puts dibs on the gumdrops. My younger brother...
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I found dried marinara on the sauce pan you washed. Now there’s that to deal with. There’s really nothing to be scared of. You can be a person who...
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Not that long ago, you went to the camera store and asked for either slide film or print film. You had your reasons for choosing one over the other and it probably had to do with money. From about 1954 on, my parents were slide people. It’s not like they took tons of pictures, but after 60 years they had...
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