a loophole
in surround
no believing
no deceiving
doubt feeding
over found
get to the truth
the right version
follow the money
& the spectacle
a bar of soap
scrubbed
cheeks ballooned out
like an egg
Jeanette Beebe's poems have appeared in Salamander, Sixth Finch, Chattahoochee Review, Juked, Bayou Magazine, New South, and elsewhere. She was named a finalist for the Iowa Review Award in Poetry, and she was a member of Minneapolis/St. Paul’s first spoken word team at Brave New Voices. She lives in Akron, Ohio. Her website is www.jeanettebeebe.com.