Poems Niederngasse
Aurora Antonovic
Fling
 
I wear my independence in my hair:
Rebellion is held in its waves,
Tempestuous tendrils curl on my forehead,
Fiery will and unbridled eccentricities flow down
My back, strength drips from the tips;
A toss of autonomy comes with a flick of the head,
The intensity of vehement locks weigh me down,
Ground me,
Mine, all mine.
Some have tried to tame me with a simple shearing,
Only to find it grows back again, just as wild and free, as before.



Aurora Antonovic is a Canadian writer, visual artist, and the former co-editor and columnist for the now defunct GT Times. Her work has recently appeared in Thunder Sandwich, Megaera, The Moriarty Papers, Makata, The Sidewalk's End, and Poetic Voices, where she was featured poet for May 2003. She currently resides in Ontario. email: A.Antonovic
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