Cinematic Underpinnings
By Stephanie Valente


clearly, the road will bend
as all turns do

how a beautiful woman laughs
and you tell me
that it is the sweetest thing

quietly, tepidly
as if I would ever
disagree with you

(the old, carved bones
tell the best stories
of new faces).

Stephanie Valente lives and writes in New York. Her work has appeared in Italics Mine, Sweet Lit, and other journals. She is currently working on a collection of short stories and as always, poetry. She enjoys candlelit smiles and diamond-cut laughter. One day, she would like to become a silent film star.

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