The Building Manager
Lora Keller
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When their Schwinns and Toyotas slink
out the drive, I haunt their burrows.
I thaw her sibilance with a comma splash
and one tangled ampersand. His easel
creaks as I dab fuschia, his sunset now
inferno. I thread golden floss and scatter
a spray of satin stitch and French knots
in her tapestry, her poppies now electric.
My Schlage and skeleton keys chatter.
I whistle through the gap where
an incisor never took root,
no one to notice my dust
of music.
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After growing up in Kaukauna, Lora Keller lived in New York City and Kansas City and now lives beside Milwaukee’s Lake Michigan. After college, she was a scriptwriter, public relations executive, educator, small business owner and now writes full-time. Her poems are published widely and have won numerous awards.
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