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Americana
by Haley Moody
Inspired by Savana Ogburn’s “Americana” (2021)
It’s picket fences;
white, but peeling off
like crackle polish
on painted fingers.
It’s gloves of satin,
pulled over the elbows
of those who chose to
wear white, because
it’s “sophisticated.”
It’s baby-blue twirls
of handmade dresses
with lace-lined edges
and fabric cut from
tablecloth prints.
It’s worn-in leather
of one-inch heeled boots
with etched-in lone stars
and sewn-in designs.
It’s planted flowers,
representatives,
the suns on Earth, who
receive too much of
themselves and wither.
It’s “won’t you stay,
why won’t you go?”
from eyes that speak
far more than lips.
It’s bringing back
what’s not in in.
It’s Americana.
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