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"Untitled" by Ana Prundaru
After Ma Died
​
The sky is back, insistent 
with its overcast, 
but soothing 
in its milkiness
under which doves 
come and go like small 
airplanes 
looking for their ports.
At breakfast, I played
Mozart spinet pieces, purely 
Mozart, sad 
and happy.
In the dictionary, we
looked up “spinet,” which,
surprisingly, has one n only.
Also, “clavichord,” 
“harpsichord,”
“cembalo,” pretty words 
from places that the music 
brings you, 
like a conversation 
to make the room 
glow—the kind of place, 
I thought, 
where Ma might be, 
if she’s still anyplace. 


Joseph Somoza

Joseph Somoza retired from teaching (New Mexico State) and editing (Puerto del Sol) some time back to have more time for writing. He lives in Las Cruces with Jill, a painter.​

​Ana Prundaru is a writer/artist who roams the globe sometimes. Most recently, she has contributed writing and art to SmokeLong Quarterly, CutBank, Flyway and Rio Grande Review. She lives in Switzerland and can be found online at https://posthaltelei.wordpress.com/.
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