First published in Prairie Schooner, Volume 85, Number 4, Winter 2011
Mary Byrne
Old Mary Byrne posed for the camera
holding a photograph
of herself taken years ago.
holding a photograph
of herself taken years ago.
Two faces:
the first a plate
embellished for display;
the first a plate
embellished for display;
the second
a pattern of neolithic swirls
engraved into stone
a pattern of neolithic swirls
engraved into stone
—a life carved into its face—
two dangling earrings:
two broken chains.
two dangling earrings:
two broken chains.
