Bathing by Allison Seay
Bathing
Allison SeayI have been alone with the thing itself.
The depression. The defective heart. God.Inside my mind it is dawn. A wolf appears with a bird
in its mouth. Blue feathers, my fate, the beautiful white throat.
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This poem appeared in To See The Queen by Allison Seay by Allison Seay, published by Persea Books, 2013. (Available direct from Persea Books • Also on: Amazon • Bookshop)
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“Winner of the 2012 Lexi Rudnistky First Book Prize in Poetry
In her debut collection, Allison Seay portrays a world fraught with the powers of its own harrowing imagination—a world intermittently real and imaginary, with unforgettable characters conjured subliminally as a young woman’s saviors from a deathly sadness. Achingly personal, To See the Queen describes one woman’s psychological wilderness, then blesses us with the story of its population, regrowth, and ultimate transcendence.” (Source)
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