Sharp Edges

Published by Mary Kennelly at February 6, 2024

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Watch out, dear,
lest you cut yourself
on my sharp edges,
the ones I quietly chiseled
through years of being sweet
and selfless and subdued
to frame a picture-perfect girl.
I’m more stone inside than flesh now,
a danger to myself and you.
You do not see
how I’ve grown fierce.
But I’d watch my step
if I were you.

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Mary Kennelly

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Her previous books include; ‘Sunny Spells, Scattered Showers’, Carroll R. & Kennelly M. Glenwood Press, 2004, ‘From the Stones’, Fitzmaurice B. & Kennelly M. Evensong Publications, 2010, ‘Catching Bats Takes Patience’, Kennelly M. Liberties Press, 2015, ‘Splinters’, Fitzmaurice B. & Kennelly M. Evensong Publications, 2017, ‘Into the Grey’, Kennelly M. Evensong Publications, 2022. Her work has appeared in several collections and anthologies and Mary has been published in newspapers, magazines and e-zines. She has edited several publications. She lives by the advice given by her grandfather, “Take it easy, and if you can’t take it easy, take it as easy as you can.”

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