Gather Round My Dinner Table

Come, Aunt #1/ Lover of screw-drivers/ Thrice spliced divorcee/ Rosa-
cea tattooed/  Yes, Mother/ You who feigns sleep often/ Titmouse/ Heir-
loom for the Christmas tree/ Sit now, Grand Mal/ Old Bertha canals: Eyes
wide shut/ AKA—The accomplice/ Join in, Cousin #5/ A fluffer/ Accepts
small coins and gifts/ Paves way/ Welcome, Only Sister/ Conjoined twin
winner/ Duplicitous/ Sips from poisoned well/ Oh Naturally, Me/ Black
scribe/ Stands with fists and fits/ The pressure washer/ Go! Little Niece/
Do not eat here/ Escaped chance/ Bargaining chip/ Our thing with wings


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Tammy Robacker won the 2015 Keystone Chapbook Prize for her manuscript, "R". Her second poetry book Villain Songs is forthcoming with ELJ Publications in 2016. Tammy published her first collection of poetry, The Vicissitudes, in 2009 (Pearle Publications). Tammy's poetry has appeared in Menacing Hedge, Chiron Review, VoiceCatcher, Duende, So to Speak, Crab Creek Review, WomenArts, and Up the Staircase Quarterly. Currently enrolled in the Rainier Writing Workshop MFA program in Creative Writing at Pacific Lutheran University, Tammy lives in Oregon. www.tammyrobacker.com