COTTONWOOD RIVER ANTHOLOGY
Sandy Bird
“I entered the
portals of dust”
—Edgar Lee Masters
“Amanda Barken,”
Spoon River Anthology
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Tom killed me on the—
Rocky Point Bridge,
Believing, my dear,
That in Emporia where
We lived, his dumb
Lutheran congregation
Thought Tom loved me
But I proclaim now from
The Land of the Dead that
He slew me and I ended
Up below the bridge in
The muddy Cottonwood
River waters where Tom
Dumped me in our car
To get rid of me once
And for all forever…
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