The Geisha Box
Rosalie Sanara Petrouske

She spent her days ironing
on the wood board he built,
but in the evenings she became
a delicate geisha
brushing
her face with powder, her hair held
back by a bone clasp, her painted
eyelashes shadowing her cheeks
like a silk fan.

ISBN 1-882983-32-7
35 pages/$6