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Desire
Carol Despeaux Fawcett

I lie on my deck chair, warm weave
of fabric tickling bare legs.
Red-painted toes stretch skyward,
thigh and calf muscles tighten
as my foot flexes just so
to reveal the Marilyn Monroe
beauty mark above my perfect arch.
I take a picture—tan shapely legs
with just enough fringe of jean shorts
to grant your imagination a bridge
to the unexplored territory of me.

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Carol Despeaux Fawcett lives in the Pacific Northwest and earned her MFA degree from Goddard College. She is an award-winning poet published in Orchard, Isele Magazine, Birdhouse Magazine, Dreich Magazine, Out There Literary Magazine, Santa Fe Literary Journal, and other journals. Her memoir and poetry won first place in the Pacific Northwest Writer’s Contest. Her first book of poems is The Dragon & The Dragonfly.

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