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The Eclectic Pen - Billie Holiday in my Life

By: Nora F. (nora777)   + 58 more  
Date Submitted: 8/30/2020
Genre: Literature & Fiction » Poetry
Words: 97
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My mother was a big fan of Billie Holiday’s I remember an album we had of hers With a big, beautiful, bright red mouth on the cover We listened to it often Such an enchanting voice So round and full of life Communicating every emotion I associated only pleasure with her But now, listening to the poem* I was struck by the way it felt: Vaguely disquieting at first As it slowly built a sense of dread And then: the narcs, the cigs, the fancy-dress boys descended And I started to squirm, my heart beat faster Until the full menace was revealed with The sediment in her throat *The Gardenia, by Cornelius Eady

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