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Angela (Prose Senryu)
Drowsy and heavy, drowsy and heavy like a field of clover in the sunshine in hot July, with the bees going round and about and the butterflies too, Angela stilled in a dreamy languor on the sofa— always she went back to those fields down in cool Macondo where she jumped the brook when it was small like her little girl legs. And to the mountains to escape the present reality of the heat in Tigo's beloved Santiago.
She closed her eyes and stretched like a cat, and at that moment, the curtains must have parted; the noon wind marched in, lugging a hint of tar from the hot concrete of Main Street, tickling her nostrils, transporting her back to physical reality. She sat up precariously, pushed away from the sofa, and dragged her feet to the kitchen, looking older-- drowsy, and heavy and older.
she came to his town
a green, strong-stemmed sunflower
and the roses leered
©️ Selma Martin
Selma Martin is a retired English teacher with 20 years of experience teaching ESL to children. She believes in people’s goodness and in finding balance in simple living. She lives in Japan with her husband of 35 years. In 2018, Selma participated in a networking course that culminated in a final lesson to publish a story on Amazon. She completed the course and self-published her short story, "Wanted: Husband/Handyman," in 2019. Later, collaborating with peers from that course, she published "Wanted: Husband/Handyman" in "Once Upon A Story: A Short Fiction Anthology." Selma has published stories on Medium for many years, in MasticadoresUSA, The Poetorium at Starlight, Short Fiction Break, Lit eZine, and Spillwords. In July 2023, she published her debut poetry collection, In the Shadow of Rainbows (Experiments in Fiction). You can find Selma as selmawrites on Instagram and Twitter, and on her website, selmamartin.com.
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