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MEGHANN PLUNKETT

The Tool Shed


When you hug me too hard
I wonder about your childhood
games of hide and seek
so small I imagine you were
a knock-kneed tantrum
of blonde hair under the sink
folded into a laundry basket
pressed hard against a door
I can imagine that one place
you discovered no one would look
and the time you waited there
a still body breathing heart-attack
of a child just wanting
to be found.

  


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Meghann Plunkett is a New York City based writer and performer. Her work has been published in national and international literary magazines including Simon & Schuster’s new anthology, Chours. She is a co-founder, producer and performer for the show KissPunchPoem: an official selection at the Chicago Improv Festival, the New York City Poetry Festival, the Hawaii Improv Festival and the Boston Comedy Arts Festival. The show has also been featured at The Encyclopedia Show and The Green Mill in Chicago. She invites you to The Magnet Theater in New York City, every Saturday at 9pm.


   
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