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NOTE:  Because of its form, (it breaks) is best viewed on PDF.  Please enjoy Janet's work HERE!

Janet Dale

(it breaks)

      I.​
it’s been exactly 56 days since your body was

            [next to]
            [atop]
            [against]
 
inside my body

      II.
women know these things
 
we have been charting our bodies for as long as we have had bodies:
 
            menstrual / follicular
            ovulation / luteal
 
      III. 
the moon passes through double the number of phases as a woman’s body:
 
            new / waxing crescent
            first quarter / waxing gibbous
 
            full / waning gibbous
            last quarter / waning crescent
 
      IV. 
that Friday night (which I didn’t know at the time would be the last time), we were so close we
mimicked the sun & moon—together, above the horizon at the same time
 
 
            New moon / 0% illumination
            Luteal phase / Day 26
 
an unfertilized egg cell disintegrated, uterine lining was preparing to be shed
 
      V. 
this Friday night (did you know back then the last time would be the last time), the moon is
orbiting the earth counterclockwise, moving away from the sun
 
            Waxing crescent / 10% illumination
            Follicular phase / Day 6
 
an egg cell has been stimulated to grow
 
      VI. 
the moon & the body
 
            recycle
            continue
            move on
 
but what does the heart do

Biography

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​Although she claims Memphis as home, Janet Dale lives in southeast Georgia where she teaches first year writing at Georgia Southern University. Her work has appeared in The Boiler, Hobart, Zone 3, Really System, Pine Hills Review, and others. You can find her @THEsisterjanet on Twitter. 
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