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My Life Is the Size of Audrey Hepburn's Ass
That is to say the size of a postage stamp
Not the classy full- bodied Marilyn Monroe
Or a well-deserved tramp stamp
My life's value is 3 cents, three hundredths of a dollar
The price of first class postage in 1953
Be it Syrians, Vietnamese, stray dogs, the homeless, lovers--
I never let life in
Let it be said it is a quiet life
A cause Šno- trouble
life
A jump- into- the- coffin
life
(if that would make life easier)
There were the little troubles: the prickly seat of a cactus
Life sat on at age two
Costume jewelry shoplifted at Woolworth's
Skin licked sticky in the back seat of cars
My life pays bills on time
Never makes eye contact in the subway
Even a small life sends postcards when possible
Vicki Iorio
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