our plaster hearts creaked
under our feet
as we climbed
to the Tower of Flies
as we looked
into our dead-pigeon minds
Bobbie Troy is a freelance technical editor/writer, but her real passion is writing flash fiction, poetry, and original fairy tales with a 21st century twist. Her poetry appears in print and online: Concise Delight Magazine of Short Poetry, Issue 1; Vox Poetica, poetryblog, prompts pages, and contributors series; SPARK, an art and writing project; Haiku Ramblings, Winter 2009-2010 and Summer 2010; Leaf Garden Press, Issue #9; and Inspirations: Images and Words, Collection 1. She has work forthcoming in the Journal of Liberal Arts and Education. Her fairy-tale play, Sasha and the Tree of Sorrows, will be produced by a local theater group. Her poem, Dear Diane, was nominated for the 2010 Pushcart Prize and is archived in the Library of Congress and the Poets House, New York. To hear Bobbie read Dear Diane, visit this link.