Poems from Abigail Parker
The story of my life can be told in states-
California,
Maryland,
Washington,
Maryland again,
Florida, and finally
Kansas.
I am the first born daughter of a navy engineering test-pilot, who is now retired and working for... a civilian company that of course, is an aviation company.
There's an Itching
two inches past that-spot-I-cannot-reach
buried in my hair
I reach, stretch roll-
to no avail
Somebody help me-
I roll...
I am a teenager
I am young but feel so old around my peers
I am alone with my elders I am whole
with the gossip I abhor-
my heart just...
Today is the day we remember our people
who lost their lives in the twin towers.
The day that New York cried flaming tears…
That caused...