There are no more moments like this one in the poet’s life. She must remain dressed for the outdoors, and within visual surveillance of her perpetually threatened ~ and now windowless ~ van.

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Recorded Reading (0:45): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e75xdfat2jcr6jh9satnt/she-ordered-the-chardonnay.mp3?rlkey=v6qw0u10t6ofsypxev0bxnggr&dl=0

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she ordered the chardonnay

uncertain
of the provenance
of her strikingly ordered attire
they seated her with modest
prominence

she ordered
disappointingly
just wine and an appetizer
but in the end
tipped very well indeed

for the rest of the month
she will be sorry

but this one
moment of graciousness
is all hers

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This poet presently lives at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level.

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