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a poet, monologist, and one-sixth of the performance poetry group Shijin. Her work has appeared in both Shijin chapbooks "We Shijin Book I" and "Undone", as well as the online journal Bent Pin Quarterly. Dasha is currently a nurse by day and lives in Brooklyn, NY with her partner and two dogs. Interests include but are not limited to: metaphysics, long walks on the beach, and heavy metal.
That Dove Won't Show
I didn't leave school
early that day
to keep a hair appointment
manicure appointment
a last
last minute
dress alteration
I didn't shell out
an obscene amount
of money for a ticket
didn't agonize
for weeks in advance
over seating arrangements
or my date
hoping our outfits
wouldn't clash
no Polaroids
with the family
no last dance
night time found me
sitting slump-shouldered
in a broke-down
barber's chair
with my feet up
listening to Stevie Ray
smoking Camels with Jim
the old man
caressed my neck
we talked and joked
an occassional chill
shooting through me
I wasn't light-years away
at the prom that night
I was getting myself
a tattoo
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