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"I found you yesterday painting yogurt tubs neon
& asking them to glow for you"

"Fever Colada"

For the four months before I meet Min, I lie in bathwater wanting to die, eating salad with soup
spoons. The baby is on my belly, milking my rocky breasts. Or the baby is on a mat on the floor with an ear cocked toward the slow drips."

"A Wild Hare" and "We Will No Longer be Taking Care of Ourselves"

"Today I bake bread poorly and spray paint furniture bright colors
I try nostalgia but it’s too painful
to think of my young body
when I learned to love it again"

"We'll Try Again Tomorrow"

"Under the pink cashmere crop top, Natasha
Bubblegum strong, that slice of jaw
She leaves a bra in the sink to soak
Names girls after the jewels in rings
My desire, like cocktail vomit surging
I push it down until my teeth seethe foam"

Ann Ward

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Selected work (4 publications)