Contributor: Davis Ridge

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I sit in a corner
in a circle
with my dust of construction
the leavings of an urban life
sad and eaten by rats

nobody knows me
nobody knows me
plain Jane
only on the outside

so I bloom
I bloom
I bloom bright enough
to make people look
to make women jealous
and I hope
(just hope)
that eventually
a man will come
and I won’t be so lonely and hated
anymore.


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Davis Ridge is the winner of several local poetry competitions. He has a dog named Butch and a one eyed cat named Jack.