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Melissa Amen
Marriage: A Timeline
Melissa age 4: a car seat. thrown sitting on the dotted white. line a mailbox beaten. in with a baseball bat a toaster. that has no. spring Melissa age 9: purple flowers and baby’s. breath pinned neatly in braided. hair pink and white. roses sprinkled. on the floor a bride. in a long white dress made of lace. and crystal beads Melissa age 14: padded headphones cover. ears but only mute the noises. that cut blood. trickles from burst eardrums Melissa age 19: running. Melissa age 21: still running Melissa age 23: a red baseball. bat for protection in the new. city a ring of. promises. made in the dark no. white dress feet. entwined in sand pollen. spotting the kitchen. table nothing. to show nothing.
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Melissa Amen is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, aka The Gateway to the West. She
works by day as an editor in educational publishing. By night she is a poet and novelist. In
May 2009, she will complete her graduate degree in Creative Writing and Publishing at the
University of Baltimore. Her poems have been seen in The Tipton Poetry Journal and
Boiling River. Aside from writing, Melissa's hobbies include hiking and dancing in the rain.
She believes chocolate is the answer to every question. Her favorite sweet treat is chocolate
covered strawberries.
