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Urban Goddess

by Shauna Checkley

Captain of her roller derby team
Whirling dervish of the passing lane
Elbows popping like firecrackers
Knees raised high as flags
Circling the coliseum like a lion
Feasting on Christians
Circling circling berserking
Pray you don't meet her head-on
Or helmet off
That frequenter of Motel Six
Curvy as a masthead
Gleaming hood ornament


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