monday poem #51: Tracy Ryan, "Liebchen"

[heresluck]

I purchased Tracy Ryan's Hothouse completely on spec: found it when truepenny and I were booktrolling recently, acquired it on the strength of the book design, the cover art, the fact that it's from a small Australian publisher, and the first poem

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[merkuria_lyn]

Thanks for posting this. It's a bittersweet reminder of school days and all the love and cruelty of friendships between girls whilst growing up. Emotions were so sharp and crisp then, so new and so easily brought forth - how much pain we inflicted and received...