Maryanne Stahl (poem) "I Never Told You" in Lit Pot

I NEVER TOLD YOU

Poetry by Maryanne Stahl

did I, about the child we made:
half faerie and half monster,
cobalt hair and platinum eyes;
he drank bathwater sugared,
ate grass, slept under the piano,
and read the stories straight
from strangers’ smiles.

You wouldn’t know he spoke
in tongues (though born without one).
You never heard the hiss and crackling
of his laugh, nor kissed the cold
blood droplets of his tears.
I never told you, how would you know
that I remade you, without scales.

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Stahl's recent stories, poetry and flash fiction has been published in Sunscripts, Vestal Review, Snow Monkey, Mindkites, Lit Pot, The Paumanok Review, Critique, In Posse Review, Pig Iron Malt, Ophelia's Muse, Aileron, storySouth, New Works Review, Poetry Magazine, Outsider Ink, Exquisite Corpse, Bovine Free Wyoming, Carve, and 3 AM.

Her first novel, "Forgive the Moon" (New American Library/Penguin-Putnam, June, 2002) and her second novel, "The Opposite Shore" (New American Library/Penguin-Putnam, August, 2003) are available at bookstores and on line at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.com.

Visit her website at http://www.maryannestahl.com .

This piece was first published in INK POT #1 - 2003, a literary journal.
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	I NEVER TOLD YOU Poetry by Maryanne Stahl did I, about the child we made: half faerie and half monster, cobalt hair and platinum eyes; he drank bathwater sugared, ate grass, slept under the piano, and read the stories straight from strangers’ smiles. You wouldn’t know he spoke in tongues (though born without one). You never heard the hiss and crackling of his laugh, nor kissed the cold blood droplets of his tears. I never told you, how would you know that I remade you, without scales. § § § Stahl's recent stories, poetry and flash fiction has been published in Sunscripts, Vestal Review, Snow Monkey, Mindkites, Lit Pot, The Paumanok Review, Critique, In Posse Review, Pig Iron Malt, Ophelia's Muse, Aileron, storySouth, New Works Review, Poetry Magazine, Outsider Ink, Exquisite Corpse, Bovine Free Wyoming, Carve, and 3 AM. Her first novel, "Forgive the Moon" (New American Library/Penguin-Putnam, June, 2002) and her second novel, "The Opposite Shore" (New American Library/Penguin-Putnam, August, 2003) are available at bookstores and on line at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.com. Visit her website at http://www.maryannestahl.com . This piece was first published in INK POT #1 - 2003, a literary journal. GO TO NEXT PAGE