---

 

This writing was accepted for publication in the 108 page perfect-bound ISSN# / ISBN# issue/book “Seahorse” Down in the Dirt, v194 (the 4/22 Issue) Order the paperback book:

Order this writing that appears in the one-of-a-kind anthology The Ice that Was the Down in the Dirt Jan.-April 2022 issues collection book		get the 420 page Jan.-April 2022 Down in the Dirt 6" x 9" ISBN# perfect-bound paperback book:

If I Could Remember

Nancy Jo Allen

if the eyes were hazel or brown
I’d know which daughter
bore witness to the hole in the door.

When it was closed,
only mine,
or their father’s,
saw the fist-shaped hole.
He left it damaged for years—
as a threat? a reminder?—
I do not know why.

But I do know one of the girls
asked me one day
why there was a hole
after using my computer
in the alcove of our bedroom.

I told the truth.
Now I wish I could remember
which one knows.

Copyright of written pieces remain with the author, who has allowed it to be shown through Scars Publications and Design.Web site © Scars Publications and Design. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission from the author.

Problems with this page? Then deal with it...