{"id":1000,"date":"2020-12-06T16:13:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T20:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/?page_id=1000"},"modified":"2021-06-18T07:51:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T11:51:37","slug":"boiled-rocks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/welter\/poetry-archive\/boiled-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Boiled Rocks"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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She Walks in Starlight<\/em> by Jennifer Frederick<\/p><\/div>\r\n

\u00a0<\/h3>\r\n

Boiled Rocks<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

Caitie Young<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

she stood in the<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

kitchen, staring at<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

the pot, the boiling<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

of the water<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

screamed,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

pop<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sizzle<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

pop<\/em>,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

there was steam,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

and there was the<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

pop<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0pop<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 pop,<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

of her laughter,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

of the rocks,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

sweet hysteria<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

because boiling a rock<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

will not make it soft.<\/p>\r\n

 <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

 <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Caitie L. Young<\/strong> (@caitie_my_lady) is a poet and fiction writer in Kent, Ohio.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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