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Math Tutor

July 25, 2009 Leave a comment


Today I tire of abstract lectures,
trigonometry’s equations,
the theory of topology.

Put away your textbook.
Assess the addition of our absolute
values. Multiply the factors.

Kiss me. Until we test,
it’s all hypothesis. Gather data.
Calculate initial results.

Kiss me again, exponentially.
Above its x/y axis,
let me graph your parabola’s arc.

If the plot points fail,
we can go back to zero.
Meet me in the lab of love.

by Pia Taavila

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Categories: Economy

The Core of a Woman

July 17, 2009 1 comment


One cold tomato on a white plate.

Taut skin. Beads of moisture.

The bitter stem. Leaves, serrated.

Quartered.

Pulp. Juice.

Suspended seeds.

Waiting to be salted.

by Pia Taavila

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Categories: Economy

Waste

June 6, 2008 1 comment


A solitary figure walks the bridge span
as water rushes through drainpipes below.
The rank smell of earth and runoff rises to the pavement.

Streetlights splay on pitted asphalt, potholes,
the roadway ruined by the snowplow’s blade.
It’s a woman, rummaging through her pocketbook.

She opens a handkerchief, drops something
shiny into the river, its round weight
falling through mist-filled air.

At the last second, she sees a gold glint
as it disappears, black eddies swirling,
closing over its hollow core.

by Pia Taavila

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Categories: Water
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