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Gloved with two potholders, I listened
while she told me not long ago
a girl could not marry until she could roll
her dough so transparent her beloved
could read his Bible through it.

— Julia Alvarez Homecoming (1984)

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The pies browned, the pastries puckered
in the cavernous oven I waited to open.

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My gay friends ask, Well are you gay or what?

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I say, Don't trust those men with better,
bigger versions of love if they refuse
the small, shabby sample they gave others
the tribute of believing it was true.

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The uncles ate seconds and rose in a chorus
...empty plates glowed like the eyes of the spellbound.

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My friend Carol says aging evens out
the advantage of beautiful women
over plain ones. ...
Where are the girls who were beautiful?

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