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[WHAT I KNOW OF FALLING, FALLING]

ASHLEY BEENE
What I know of falling, falling:
My body
                                        a dead star
                   No,
             do not steal through a field of wildflowers

thin invisible machine and blue lights.
   
                                         Take a blade
a photograph
             the fires on the horizon

                           my brutal face.

I have something to say.

                                                                                      You will never know my name
                                                                                      its salt
                                                                                      the difficulty of my flowering.

[THE DUST STORM BLEW THROUGH YOU]

ASHLEY BEENE
For Jawaun

The dust storm blew through you,
dandelion spines, eyeless needles
choose not to puncture,
weeds aren't such a nuisance
when covering the empty,
or do I mean what isn't 
there--the waver of your laugh,
your stare, your body
​as the sky settles.

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ASHLEY BEENE was born and raised in Wisconsin. She completed her BA at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and went on to complete her MFA at the University of California- Riverside. Ashley has been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, The Oyez Review, The Madison Review, and The Boiler Journal. She currently lives in Southern California.
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