CALICO GIRL
Wear a blouse so the bruise won't show.
Young girl in a calico dress,
Fresh bruise on her arm.
I want to hold her, touch her,
See she comes to no harm.
That's not how the city goes,
Say's "Wear a blouse
So the bruise won't show."
Young girl in calico pink,
Fresh bruise on her arm.
About the Author
Joe Ambrose,
Literary Editor
Joe Ambrose has written 12 books, the most recent being Chelsea Hotel Manhattan and The Fenian Reader. He is currently writing a book about the Spanish Civil War. (biography/all stories)
FICTION & POETRY ARCHIVE
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Ants
Q&A
The German Monks
The Silence in Deep Snow
Happy Shopper #38: Andy Conway
It's Andy Conway Week! Excerpt from Train Can't Bring Me Home
Andy Conway Week is Coming to Outsideleft
Untitled Poem
The Bounce
Like the Eyes of a Distressed Cow
Magic, Egypt, and Sting - Books of the Year
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Is There an App for Daddy Issues?
Say 'Haley Joel Osment' One More Time!
The child must be taught a lesson
At Witz End
The Contributions of The Ask
Luna Lunedda
Jackie Milburn Said
Man From Hebden Bridge: An Interview with Author Mark Piggott
Mark Piggott Week in Outsideleft
Bob Dylan in Tangier
The Enniscorthy Echo
A Tin of Biscuits
Black-Eyed Bride
Fat Lady Sing
Ballet Ruses
Soutine
Love and Napalm - the Actual World of J.G. Ballard
Somebody Got Murdered II
Agastora
Porgy Goes Down
Ten Dollar Trick
Pavanne for a Dead Princess
Charles Plymell in Austria
Lapin's Gone
Two For Exile
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