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Kristin Garth

​In Woods They Whittle A New Doll (CW: abduction, abuse)

"She clutched her doll and wandered around
Salt Lake City with a man who claimed he was God."
David Kelly on Wanda Barzee (kidnapper of Elizabeth Smart).
"Couple Known As Polite But Very Odd,"
Chicago Tribune,
March 14th, 2003.
It takes journalists, directed to the site, 
three hours to hike, in sunlight, brush covered 
trail, a rocky terrain, to reach the campsite 
where a fourteen year old was restrained, suffered 
summer months. Quick with questions—why she would
not flee the three mile descent home again. 
Though they have been told when they stood
near the trees where she would be tethered when 
the madman went to town, of the other pair
of evil eyes he left around to peer and
punish, enslave, starve the child they snared
in plastic, branches carved until commands
and survival are her only protocols; 
they whittle life into a portable doll.
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Kristin Garth

Kristin Garth is a Pushcart, Rhysling-nominated sonneteer and a Best of the Net finalist. Her sonnets have stalked journals like Glass, Yes, Five:2:One, Luna Luna and more. She is the author of 22 books of poetry including The Stakes (Really Serious Literature) and a short story collection You Don’t Want This. She is the founder of Pink Plastic House, a tiny journal, and co-founder of Performance Anxiety, an online poetry reading series. Follow her on Twitter: (@lolaandjolie) and her website kristingarth.com.
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