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Thursday, May 24, 2012
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 Comments (1)Dawn Flora Cadwell began her professional writing life as an advertising copywriter. Her freelance feature work has appeared in The Oregonian. Dawn is a past recipient of the Young Readers' Literature Fellowship from Oregon Literary Arts and is currently at work on a novel. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and son--whose taste runs to math. More from Dawn Cadwell Poetry Archives
Mother of Invention
March 6, 2011
You were so not me so soon. I thought I'd own you like a good piece of furniture, chosen in my taste, to outlast me. But your new eyes followed my face until I lolled, belly up, obedient maternal beast, to touch the forceps mark high on your cheeks, thinking yes, but, the concept was mine.
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This is lovely. Unsentimental and presentient but loving.
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