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Mangrove Review Mangrove Review 2012 MR Volume 10 Volume Volume 10 2012 VOLUME 10 MangroveReview 2012 Executive Editor Editors Jennifer Marks Makeda Amadi Bryan Carufe Asst. Executive Editor Charlotte Dugan Kristine Tullo Dana Giffin Joshua Huff Brian McCann Managing Editors William Moore Samantha Davis Patricia Richmond Summer Glassie Tara Swift Kay Townsend Asst. Managing Editors Sarah Burt Design Editor Jamie Gillhespy Jason Elek Faculty Advisor Dr. Jim Brock Whitehall Printing Company, Naples Mangrove Review is published annually in the spring. Mangrove Review will consider submissions of poetry, prose, and artwork from Florida Gulf Coast University students, alumni, faculty, staff, administrators, and the community at large. The reading period for submissions is from September 1 to December 15 of each year. Submission guidelines Submissions must be previously unpublished and accompa- nied by a short biography. Please do not put your name on the manuscript or file name. Instead, include a cover page with the title of your piece, your name, and contact information. Poetry Submit no more than five poems per reading period. Prose Submit up to four narratives, but no more than 10 total pages (3,000 words) typed and double-spaced, with 1-inch margins, for any one reading period. Art All artwork must be submitted as a high-resolution JPEG image, with the title of the artwork as file name. We will consider no more than five images by any one artist per reading period. Submit your materials via e-mail to [email protected]. Or you may mail them in care of : Dr. Jim Brock Florida Gulf Coast University Reed Hall 227 10501 FGCU Blvd. S. Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565. Please note that we cannot return materials. Copyright © 2012 by Mangrove Review No portion of Mangrove Review may be reproduced without permission. Mangrove Review Contents Savior Knows Best `Ginger Cyan Allen .................................................................................................... 7 The Guru Kate Dupre ................................................................................................................ 8 The Sacred Shelby Whidden ..................................................................................................... 10 Slur Makeda Amadi ....................................................................................................... 12 Call Me Nancy B. Loughlin .................................................................................................. 15 A Day with Olivia Gregg Shumann ...................................................................................................... 16 The Way of Lies Lori Cornelius ......................................................................................................... 17 Mr. Osprey Dobie Pascoe ........................................................................................................... 19 Private Landing Gregg Shumann ...................................................................................................... 20 Three Owl Memories Jamie Gillhespy ....................................................................................................... 27 Bells and Broken Things Diego Fernandez ..................................................................................................... 29 Familiar Michael A. Rodriguez ............................................................................................ 30 The Winter’s Tale Jamie Gillhespy ....................................................................................................... 35 Orchard Kate Dupre .............................................................................................................. 36 The Spirit of Fire Roger Higginbotham ............................................................................................. 38 Castle Island, South Boston Laura Severyn ......................................................................................................... 49 Laundromat Love Charles Lytle ............................................................................................................ 50 Blue for [re]Sale Kate Dupre .............................................................................................................. 51 Gossip Gregg Shumann ...................................................................................................... 52 My Dog’s Perspective Gregg Shumann ...................................................................................................... 53 Solace Wes Fitch ................................................................................................................. 54 Rusty Red Thing Diego Fernandez ..................................................................................................... 55 Daytona Hitchhike Gregg Shumann ...................................................................................................... 56 Witness Relocation Gregg Shumann ...................................................................................................... 57 Blood Orange Makeda Amadi ....................................................................................................... 58 Still Fresh Wes Fitch ................................................................................................................. 59 Formation #2 Wes Fitch ................................................................................................................. 60 Dream Ride Julianna Javier ......................................................................................................... 61 Poor Alice Kate Dupre .............................................................................................................. 62 The Loony Tree Jamie Gillhespy ....................................................................................................... 63 That Gigantic Hole in Guatemala City Diego Fernandez ..................................................................................................... 66 Levi’s Ex-Girlfriend Jeans Makeda Amada ....................................................................................................... 68 Robert Franks’ Laundry Gregg Shumann ...................................................................................................... 69 Boots Revisted Jamie Gillhespy ....................................................................................................... 70 Cyber Dating Nancy B. Loughlin .................................................................................................. 72 Third Period Brad Basinger .......................................................................................................... 73 Terminal Restlessness Lori Cornelius ......................................................................................................... 77 A Toast to Dad Jim Gustafson .......................................................................................................... 79 American Men Gregg Shumann ...................................................................................................... 80 Tribute Dobie Pasco ............................................................................................................. 81 Iris Blooming Diego Fernandez ..................................................................................................... 84 Doris Holbrook Jim Gustafson .......................................................................................................... 91 The Reflections of Oscar Wilde Jamie Gillhespy ....................................................................................................... 92 Teeth Diego Fernandez ..................................................................................................... 93 National Memorial Dobie Pasco ............................................................................................................. 95 For Sale Wes Fitch ................................................................................................................. 97 The Tides of War Andrew Gari............................................................................................................ 98 Just a Couple of Questions Jim Gustafson ........................................................................................................ 104 Cover art by Gregg Shumann Front: Childhood Heroes, found object sculpture Back: Daily Devotion, mixed media sculpture MR Ginger Cyan Allen Savior Knows Best Swamp and wetlands pad softly on bare feet. A girl runs with those who wait, mud on their Sunday bests, flowers falling from the virgin crown of her copper-wire curls. An older man in lead smells like cigarette smoke and yellow stained fingers from his life not cut by the sharped nailed hands of trees. Cramped stomachs puff breath into the cold air, creating smog. The steady clump-clump-sink-whoosh-clump as bodies march further into the swamp, sink up to their calves in mud and brackish water. The leaves throw themselves at the girl’s feet only to get crushed by those behind not seeing but the outline of the night. Stopping only when she stops, clasping the work hands of the rough on either side, squeezing, along with eyes and cracking lips that can no longer speak. While the crickets echo their velleity, balancing act on frail exoskeletal legs, the one-eyed owl hoots to her father — the wise old in the moon, Mangrove Review 7 and the rest