Who I Am and Was
By Georgie Lee Blalock III
I reconciled with myself
but despite the forgiving
we still aren’t friends.
She watches me suspiciously
as I pull weeds on the weekend,
sleep on Saturday night.
I don’t trust the way she hunches over her notebook,
scribbling at the future.
We keep the peace by biting our tongues
until she whispers a snide remark
as I chose my child instead of a career,
or I criticize her high heels
and books.
She blames me for giving up.
I blame her for unrealistic dreams
and for trying.
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Georgie Lee Blalock III was born and raised in San Diego where she wrote for Instructional Television. She holds an MA in Screenwriting and lives and writes in Los Angeles. Her work has appeared in The Curbside Review, Square Lake, Front Range Review, The Pedestal Magazine, Whistling Shade, Gin Bender, California Quarterly, Main Channel Voices, and Roux.
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