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Extras From a Movie: Massacre at Ywahoo Falls~ By Lenore Weiss

2/26/2015

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A boy said

Come find us
in our game of hide and seek

and elbowed his way
to the Jefferson Memorial
before his chums objected

a trip to the Capitol. It was his idea
everyone had been bored
exploring the water table
measuring the exchange rate
between bubbles and oxygen

he might decide to become a fish
there was no law against it
at least none he knew about

walked to the reflecting pool
drawn to water,
the creepy feeling it gave him
each time he touched his face
saw it fall apart
there at Ywahoo Falls
with War Woman Selu-Sa-tah
Cornblossom whose silken tassels
turned Kentucky red
where one hundred children
just like him
were squashed into nits.

He didn't remember details in any order.
Something about falling water.


Author Bio:
Lenore's collections include "Tap Dancing on the Silverado Trail" (Finishing Line Press, 2011), “Sh’ma Yis’rael” (Pudding House Publications, 2007). Her full collections are "Cutting Down the Last Tree on Easter Island" (West End Press, 2012) and "Two Places” (Kelsay Books, 2014). The Society for Technical Communication has recognized her work regarding Technical Literacy in the schools. She currently teaches a memoir class at Ouachita Parish Library in Monroe, Louisiana. Her blog resides at 
www.lenoreweiss.com.
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