TWO POEMS

JILL KHOURY

SHARING THE FRAME

__________i
____________________mak______e
a___________________________move forward
________________for
Warmth i use
________________________________________care i

________________________________________________request
clarification of facts and feelings

i________________________________ think i__ may be

_________________________________________engulfed by needs

________________________________in

_________________________________________interpersonal relationships

________________i
_____________________________approach “difficult”
____________________________________________________“dissatisfied”
____________________________________________________________________un-
treatable

________________________________________________fragmented

________________________________________________________________feelings
___________of “I fear” The helper
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*Source text for this erasure: Jose, Randall T., Ed. Understanding Low Vision.
American Foundation for the Blind, 1983, p. 52-3.

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A PLASTIC PORTION IN DETAIL

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__________i cannot be used when

moving
about__i________________must be
______________________________________________________________________in a frame; a small
hole
is drilled in_________________________and a____________________________telescope is mounted

i____________the person ___________________________________the eye to look through

_____________________________________A______telescope
_________inserted___removed ________________________________________(___any telescope)

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*Source text for this erasure: Jose, Randall T., Ed. Understanding Low Vision.
American Foundation for the Blind, 1983, p. 217.

JILL KHOURY is interested in the intersection of poetry, visual art, gender, and disability. She holds an MFA from The Ohio State University and edits Rogue Agent, a journal of embodied poetry and art. She has written two chapbooks—Borrowed Bodies (Pudding House, 2009) and Chance Operations (Paper Nautilus, 2016). Her debut full-length collection, Suites for the Modern Dancer, was released in 2016 from Sundress Publications. Find her at jillkhoury.com.