“Single-Parent Math” by Jennifer Beckett

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Bigger Than They AppearShe said, We have
Kiddie Bacon. It’s specially made
just for kids; you’re so lucky

and I gobbled up the story,
unquestioning or unaware

how two pieces in the fridge
turned into four for me and a friend

and where was Mom’s plate?

-Jennifer Beckett

Every Sunday until we post a different poem from Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems. Clocking in at 316 pages, BTT features 250 poems from 192 contemporary masters of the short free-form poem.

“There are sharp flashes of light, moments when the miraculous world reveals itself to us swiftly, fully. And, because the mind is also a miracle, the lucky words sometimes arrive to capture that revelation and through it witness what it means to be alive. That is the gift of this gorgeous collection.”
-Mary Ann Taylor-Hall

Jennifer Beckett lives in Georgetown, Kentucky. She graduated from Georgetown College and teaches English and French. She has been published in The Heartland Review.

 

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