Touching the Truth
Claire Scott
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In this version the woman in the grey Burberry suit overslept/
barely time for a shower/didn’t leave home till ten/
In this version she forgot her phone/left it on the counter/
couldn’t text while driving and drinking coconut water/
In this version she was living weeks away from the red light/
from the man in the crosswalk/swinging a racquet
after playing three sets of tennis/chasing down every ball
to win the Contra Costa Championship/
I see him limping toward me/cane tapping/trying on a smile/
his body a black arrow pointing to the truth//
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Claire Scott is an award winning poet who has received multiple Pushcart Prize nominations. Her work has been accepted by the Atlanta Review, Bellevue Literary Review, New Ohio Review, Enizagam, and Healing Muse among others. Claire is the author of Waiting to be Called and Until I Couldn’t. She is the co-author of Unfolding in Light: A Sisters’ Journey in Photography and Poetry. She can be reached at www.facebook.com/clairebscott12 and www.clairescottpoet.com.
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