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Penelope Cross

  • The Epigram

    My first work posted here, and quite possibly one of my favorites. Meticulously, I scribbled down the words Of an epigram that had been Sitting in the back of my ...

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  • Crucible

    As they lay her down In a bed of wildflowers And tickled her hands holy, A grandson disobeyed her bequeath And draped her with a rosary. His frozen tears fell ...

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  • Driving and Suicide

    A little gas and I was moving down the buzzing street again. The Loop, always busy, always moving - alive. The Loop was the cultural hub for the city. All ...

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My tongue must tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart, concealing it, will break...
— Katherine, The Taming of the Shrew