Yvonne Morris is the author of two chapbooks of poetry: Busy Being Eve (Bass Clef Books) and Mother was a Sweater Girl (The Heartland Review Press). Her work has appeared in Eclectica, ONE ART, MacQueen's Quinterly, The Galway Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Kentucky.
                                           Double Dragon

A part of us remains wherever we’ve been—
a proverb in a fortune cookie. I recall
a mattress in the middle of the floor.
On the wall, a poster of Ché. I had
A moon face, green eyes, an open way.
Woman as sky. The forecast would change.



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