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Stefanie Wortman

Stefanie Wortman‘s poems have appeared in the Yale Review, New Orleans Review, Pleaides, Memorious, Smartish Pace, and other journals. She is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri.

Spring 2012

Lucky

By Stefanie Wortman

The staggered line of teeth pushing back toward their original chaos, the bracelets of condensation left on tables, cameos of chipped pottery, clothes turning into moth-lace and a lace of broken threads.