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May 23, Northwestern Wyoming,
snow sticks to the ground on the butte tops
as they boast their budding Golden Willows below.
I understand.
I’ve tried to hide a relapse
behind a yellow smile before.
Spring Flurry
~
Anne Marie Wells (She/Her) of Hoback Junction, Wyoming is a queer poet, playwright, and storyteller navigating the world with a chronic illness. Anne Marie’s poems have appeared or will appear in The Alchemy Literary Journal, Brain Mill Press, Changing Womxn Collective, In Parentheses, Lucky Jefferson, Meniscus Journal, Muddy River Poetry Review, Other Worldly Women’s Press, Poets’ Choice, Passengers Journal, Soliloquies Anthology, Unlimited Literature, Variant Literature, and The Voices Project. She was selected as a 2020 Brain Mill Press National Poetry Month Editors’ Pick poet and a 2020 Community Literature Initiative participant. She recently earned the Milestone Award presented by Wyoming Writers, Inc.