Photograph courtesy of Peg Duthie
Living through so much heat has thickened my skin
and yet
here is my
heart.
© 2012, Peg Duthie
Tweet-sized bio: Peg Duthie (@zirconium) is the author of Measured
Extravagance (@upperrubberboot, 2012): http://tinyurl.com/MeasEx
unfoldmag.wordpress.com 
Love this, Peg! And congratulations on Measured Extravagance!
Thank you so much, Debbie!
Poignant and simple. I love this!
I’m so pleased, Greg — thanks for letting me know!
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