LOVE

by Lola Haskins


She tries it on, like a dress.


She decides it doesn't fit,


and starts to take it off.


Her skin comes, too.



Lola Haskins teaches computer science at the University of Florida. She has published six collections of poetry, including (1998). Her Desire Lines: New and Selected Poems will be published next spring.


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