Walter Heineman
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concerned that i am not concerned she asks why the unclothed dark wine beach dance and
holding her eyes like holding the shaved head of a madwoman
i ask her what she sees…
blackness and breaking waves
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slipping off her body civilization leaves
a white dress and sandals behind.
concerned that i am not
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Joseph Radke works as a freelance writer and editor in Wisconsin’s Fox River Valley. He earned his doctorate in English from UW-Milwaukee. His poems have appeared in several journals, including The Journal, Copper Nickel, Boulevard, Poetry East, and Natural Bridge.