[loose change on cigarette scarred park bench]

she is tagged at the wrist

a suitcase on a passenger plane

left hand drawn up

in the universal sign of

i have a headache

she balances without

effort

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kathryn l. pringle has an M.A. and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. She has one chapbook: Temper and Felicity Are Lovers (TAXT Press). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Alice Blue Review 3, Fourteen Hills, Transfer, 42opus, Em Literary 3/4, Commonweal, and Rife. She was awarded the Academy of American Poets Harold Taylor College Prize in 2005. She blogs with writer and partner, Magdalena Zurawski, at www.minoramerican.blogspot.com.

Other works on Sidebrow: mission st & 19th st with grey gardens