« Holly Day » Woman Hiding From Her Husband as He Tries to Fix the Brakeline of Her Car she makes excuses for the rain, holds hands over her ears at the first sign of thunder, allows her eyes to glaze as the sun fades away she makes excuses for the storm, buries her head beneath the pillows, pretends to be asleep, deaf to the crashing the banging outside she waits, quiet, still inside cautious of the returning storm, creeps outside so slow at noon picks up the beer cans piled high in the yard. The Wolf she hungers from behind the stacks of boulders crated in from her original home, the mismatched grove of pine and oak that never quite smell like they belong to the ground. she waits for the zoo to close for the night, for the crowds of curious children, mothers with infants men to go home, taking with them the longings that will never be met pretending to be content with just howling, alone, at the moon. Holly Day’s most recent projects include writing a biography of Columbian pop star Shakira, a guitar tutorial book, and a Minnesota tour guidebook. Her poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have most recently appeared in January, Philadelphia Poets, and California Quarterly. She currently works as a reporter and a writing instructor in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and lives with her two children and husband.