miniWORDS 2008

Winner
2nd Place
3rd Place
Highly Commended
Highly Commended
Commended
Commended

Mary Whitsell
Moffat
UK

Mariya Says I Live in Paradise

Pristine beneath its shimmering plastic veil,
My bloodless chicken rests, wings tucked demurely in
on pert new nest of purple Styrofoam –
Mariya gasps in disbelief:
The glossy candy, sheathed, arranged
Bread baked and sliced – the smell of yeast
and fragrant fruit sweet-ripe.
Her gnarled hands reach out to touch
clean packaged lettuce, crisply green.
She whispers it; this grown-up child
of Leningrad:
"You live in paradise."

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