Portrait of a Lady in an Evening Dress She enjoys life in spite of being a little old and a little odd with her thin orange hair penciled-in eyebrows and pursed red painted mouth. Does she realize as she peers provocatively from the corner of her eye, that she’s only showing off her square jaw and long pointed nose? No matter! She’s sprightly with those perky black shoulder tassels and graceful (if large) expressive hands in elegant elbow-length gloves. The way her palms press flatly on thin air I think she could take off helicopter-like whirling those cute tassels and laughing down at us from the corner of her bright red mouth. Catherine Allen Catherine Allen is a cultural anthropologist and writer. Her publications include poems (Rhino, Anthropology & Humanism, The Ekphrastic Review, Black Poppy Review) and creative non-fiction (Foxboy, U Texas Press 2011), as well as ethnography and an ethnographic drama. She lives in Greenbelt, Maryland with her dog Jimmy.
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January 2021
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