I cough and roll
from one side of the bed
to the other
under my body
the shards of a past
Atlas Poetica, 19, 2014
Poetic Musings: Cosmetics Tanka by Margaret Chula
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those half-used tubes
of her cosmetics
why did I keep them?
rubbing in face cream
I feel my mother’s bones
*Winter Deepens*, 2018
Margaret Chula
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