Cotton and the moon, Warmth, earth, warmth, The sky, the sun, the stars, The magnolia-scented South. — Langston Hughes She loves me not: The dark, even numbered petal proclaimed unwanted by her unforgiving grasp, only released from the antebellum pinch of pale thumb and forefinger, so I could ride an exhaled, bittersweet wind to this Rust Belt state … Continue reading