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Julia Magnusson
Published 11/15/03

Windowshades

I watch
my neighbor gaze
into my windows. He
won’t pull his shades, nor do I mine.
I’ve none.

 

Regret

Regret
for how he sang
so badly at his first
and only holiday bazaar
stunned him.

 

S.R.A. Project

TE’s
should not have been
so hard. I wish we’d known
the books were to be bilingual
from start.

 

Manners

My hand
returns to scratch
the itch behind my knee.
The bug did not even ask me
my name.

 

Nebraska

She’s moved
there for a job
that is better. I wish
that she had asked if I would go
with her.

-Julia Magnusson