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Ruth Foley
Listen to the reading:
This Girl Believes in the Possibility of Ruin
Shara McCallum
Shara McCallum
Believes in the mildew's silent creep from the cellar. Believes in the hole in the roof. Believes in the slow and steady rumble from below. Believes in the crumbling of plaster. Believes in the growing clusters, the sharp abdomen. Believes in the curling floorboards. Believes in the derelict rattle and in the blood. Believes in the powdering brick, smoldering creosote. Believes in the elbow through the window. Believes in the headache. Believes in the faint. Believes in the rising waters, the drenching. Believes in the scorpion and the spider. Believes in the viper curled around the drainpipe. Believes in the sea and the sinking.
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Ruth Foley lives in Massachusetts, where she teaches English for Wheaton College. Her recent work is appearing or forthcoming in Adanna, The Bellingham Review, Yemassee, and Weave,
among others, and her chapbook Dear Turquoise is forthcoming from Dancing Girl Press. Her poetry has been nominated for the Best New Poets, Best of the Net, and Pushcart anthologies. She also serves as
Managing Editor for Cider Press Review. She believes that choosing a favorite dessert is like choosing a favorite child, but since she has no children, she's gonna have to go with chocolate covered caramels.
Feel free to disagree with her at ruthfoley@gmail.com.
