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To My Black Sunflower Dress A poem



IMOGENE’S NOTEBOOK
To My Black Sunflower Dress
A poem
Natalie Gasper
Imogene’s Notebook
Natalie Gasper


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Imogene’s Notebook



A ballerina in a white tutu, dancing in a field of sunflowers.
Photo by chiến bá

She threw you out before she knew
you, before she saw the picture of us
at my eighth-grade graduation, the first
time I was brave enough to wear heels
and walk down an aisle of my peers
to accept an award. She doesn’t remember
the late summer day when we went out
to dinner and a movie with friends, including
my first crush who told me I looked beautiful.

All she remembers is the day my breasts
grew bigger and my thighs got longer
and my once-slender body no longer fit
inside your petite frame. I must have been
quite a sight to the Vietnam Vets, or maybe
it was the Salvation Army, as I tore through
every trash bag on our porch trying to find
you, to rescue you as you once rescued me,
my black sunflower dress, the first dress
I ever loved. We never got to say goodbye,
so give a little of your magic and your luck
to the next girl who wears you.


Natalie Gasper
Imogene’s Notebook


Written by Natalie Gasper

Editor for
Imogene’s Notebook

Writer I Poet I Reader I Daydreamer I My poetry is in dozens of journals. When I’m not writing books, I’m writing about writing. Twitter @NatalieGasper

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