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Suedomsa the Magazine  December 1997  Volume One, Issue Five
Untitled Poem by Amy Tyson
I stand at the center
The universe is infinite -
It follows me

Imprints of elastic, molded flesh from tight underwear
"Someday I'm gonna buy a whole new dresser full"
Split-ends and blackheads and sweat beneath the breasts,
      that's what little girls are made of.

Laying down, looking at the perfect view of the sky -
      glow in the dark stars,
      inaccurate constellations of glittered drywall.
I am in a room, separate from the universe.

But still followed by it.

Legs on plastic shower walls.
      razor razor scrape scrape summer summer
Blood on the towel - dry off - where's the cut?
Heat lamp sun above me. Never eclipses: I have control its dawn and  dusk:
How many days has my toilet seat seen that I have not? (In toilet time,  that  is.)

I am standing at the center.
My universe - not infinite
I follow it.
We chase.
"Unrelated Image" by Andy Marx