Tracks - a poem by Doug Draime

Tracks


on her
slender
arms
between
her toes
the backs
of her
beautiful
knees
in her
left hand
between
her index
finger
and thumb
deep
dark
holes
where the
only
light
she ever
knew
was
shot in


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Doug Draime (1943-2015) emerged as a presence in the 'underground' literary movement in the late1960's in Los Angeles, California. A Senior Literary Editor for The Commonline Journal, Draime's books include: Knox County (Kendra Steiner Editions) and Los Angeles Terminal (Covert Press), Boulevards Of Oblivion (Tainted Coffee Press), Farrago Soup (Coatlism Press), and More Than The Alley (Interior Noise Press). Draime was awarded PEN grants in 1987 and 1992. Born in Vincennes, Indiana, Draime lived in the foothills of Oregon since the early 1980's until his death in 2015.