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    Seaglass Picnic
    Seaglass Picnic
    Seaglass Picnic
    Ebook170 pages45 minutes

    Seaglass Picnic

    By Frances Driscoll

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    Seaglass Picnic (with a splash of post traumatic stress) is Frances Driscoll's attempt to describe the lingering effects of the horrendous rape she experienced years earlier (and written about in her powerful collection, The Rape Poems). In Seaglass Picnic, she uses humor and understatement to deal with that which at times seems unbearable. This is a book for anyone who is healing from a tragedy, anyone who has suffered from post-traumatic stress in any form.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPBS Publications
    Release dateMar 4, 2020
    ISBN9781545722305
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      Seaglass Picnic - Frances Driscoll

      mine.

      Train/Trains. Peach Melba.

      Way to school

      the word

      train

      is

      in the lyrics.

      Train is a name for gang rape.

      I try not to think about that.

      I’ve got a lane change to make soon coming

      so I can’t think about that. Now.

      Sound safely now off

      I think about other trains &

      being in one with

      someone beside me so no bad stuff is

      going to get me.

      Maybe, we are in a train going

      from or to

      Paris.

      If from

      we’ll have Peach Melba

      before leaving.

      If to

      we’ll have Peach Melba

      upon arriving.

      Hope to.

      They have such lovely there hotels.

      Men/Peaches. Peaches/Men.

      It works,

      Molly says.

      Dip them in boiling water.

      Then, into a cold ice bath in the sink.

      And, the skin slides right off.

      I think

      Molly is talking about men.

      Molly is talking about

      peaches.

      Red Sticker Fragile

      They also have

      Red

      Fragile

      Stickers.

      But,

      those,

      they have to pay for.

      So,

      they can’t just

      give

      those away.

      Not

      even

      one

      of

      those

      Red

      Fragile

      Stickers. Away.

      So,

      if

      you happen upon

      one

      or

      even

      two

      of

      those

      Red

      Fragile

      Stickers

      Save. Keep.

      Look at now and then.

      Think of. Remember

      someone you know/love

      who may be feeling

      a little Fragile.

      Red Sticker Fragile.

      Today.

      In fact,

      right now,

      close your eyes.

      Let us all close all of our eyes.

      Now. Here. Together.

      Think of someone we/you/me

      know is feeling a little somewhat

      Fragile right now.

      Red Sticker Fragile.

      to go properly into the past

      The Earth Observatory researcher says,

      to go properly into the past,

      you can drill an ice core.

      Tools of her trade:

      a contractor’s saw and a tape measure.

      In my house,

      I can never find the tape measure.

      And, of course, I have no idea what

      a contractor’s saw is.

      But,

      I do know one good way

      to go properly into the past:

      Have yourself a little post traumatic stress episode.

      One that comes with flashbacks.

      Lots of flashbacks.

      after over 26 years

      it begins

      before school outside

      smoking coffee writing

      Colleen comes by

      I’ve been reading your book

      it’s very intense

      she stands there standing there

      he had his hands around my throat

      he had his hands around my throat

      he had his hands around my throat

      if she says it again if she says it again if she says it again

      she says it many more times

      then says

      you can write my story

      you can write my story

      do not go to school

      do not call in

      it begins

      it has begun

      Andy tells me

      No. No, Hon.

      That is not the beginning.

      I am the beginning.

      Yes, of course. Of course.

      Andy is the beginning.

      Andy Finds Me

      Andy finds me.

      We share school memory, years of new news,

      poems, poems.

      Begins to tell me his story.

      Age 8. The male babysitter.

      It’s a game, he told Andy.

      The long dead life after since.

      Andy is mine.

      This is different than

      the anonymous strangers

      whose stories I hold.

      This is different.

      Things People Want To Know

      Liz wants to know

      Did I find any poems in the newspaper today.

      Tha wants to know

      How I am holding up.

      Andy wants to know

      Do I believe in God.

      Ocean wants to know

      Why it is now nap time.

      Me & Sally Don’t Think Alike

      Sally comes home.

      Sal, I say,

      Just talked with Myrna.

      Told her I need to take a 2-week medical leave.

      Due to this small little episode.

      Re-occurrence of post traumatic stress.

      Oh, no,

      Sally says,

      Oh, Honey,

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