{"id":7108,"date":"2014-08-15T14:49:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T14:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=7108"},"modified":"2014-08-15T14:49:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T14:49:18","slug":"guest-post-fran-podulka-the-fitting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2014\/08\/guest-post-fran-podulka-the-fitting-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Fran Podulka “The Fitting”"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fitting<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You turn, turn, turn as the seamstress pins lace<\/p>\n

onto the perfect hem of your wedding dress.<\/p>\n

You turn on command. Reflected over and over<\/p>\n

in the mirrored room you surround us.<\/p>\n

“Fits like a glove,” the seamstress says,<\/p>\n

then crowns you with flowers<\/p>\n

silk and braided pearls, a froth of veil<\/p>\n

softens your wild, loose hair.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Somewhere in the shop your father waits.<\/p>\n

Since you asked him to come<\/p>\n

that he should see you this way<\/p>\n

before the wedding.<\/p>\n

How wise of you to think of him.<\/p>\n

But he’s distracted now<\/p>\n

browsing in this sanctum of romance<\/p>\n

among the marabou and satin<\/p>\n

garters and glittering inefficient purses<\/p>\n

perfumes and flimsy negligees<\/p>\n

fake pearls and plumed pens, all that<\/p>\n

until you call for him.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He makes his way through a cumulus of gowns<\/p>\n

floating from the ceiling, spectral<\/p>\n

lace and tulle brushing his cheeks as he passes<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In the mirrored room you turn<\/p>\n

for your father, spinning<\/p>\n

the room is full of you<\/p>\n

he doesn’t know where to look.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a9 Fran Podulka, 1999<\/strong><\/p>\n

This poem originally appeared in Willow Review<\/em><\/strong> (Spring 1999) and was reprinted in the Chicago Tribune<\/em><\/strong> on April 11, 2003 in honor of Poetry Month.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Fran Podulka<\/strong> writes fiction and poetry. Her novel The Wonder Jungle<\/em><\/strong> (Putnam, 1973) won awards from the Society of Midland Authors and Friends of Literature.\u00a0 Of it, Kirkus Reviews<\/em><\/strong> wrote, \u201cOne of those infrequent books with all the right instincts and a true touch — for anyone, any age.\u201d<\/p>\n

She has published a poetry collection Essentials<\/strong><\/em> (Lake Shore Publishing, 1989) and has had work in Spoon River Poetry Review<\/em>, Explorations<\/em>, Snowy Egret<\/em> and many other publications. For many years she was an Associate Editor\u00a0of Rhino<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Fran Podulka<\/strong> for letting me share her poem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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