Umbrella
A Journal of poetry and kindred prose


Diane Elayne Dees

writes, gardens and practices psychotherapy in Louisiana. A series of her poems is being read on "The Naturalist's Datebook," a segment of Martha Stewart Living Radio, and she has also read her poems on the NPR-distributed show, "Theme and Variations." 

Diane publishes a blog, The Dees Diversion, and contributes to Mother Jones' Mojo Blog.

She has poetry forthcoming in Mobius, Out of Line, HazMat Literary Review, The Eleventh Muse, and the anthology, Hurricane Blues: How Katrina and Rita Ravaged a Nation.


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The New Recruits

The "big box" near my house sells
pink camo togs for little girls.
In my dark visions,
pre-teens slog through the desert
in Little Mermaid combat boots,
carrying Hello Kitty walkie-talkies.
Preening like Jessica and Britney,
they load their M-16s
and toss their shiny hair.
When their jeep is attacked,
they scream like they did
when their mothers took them
to see Matchbox Twenty
and let them buy official concert Ts.
Soon they are covered with sand,
their screams muffled by blasts,
until a glittery white phosphorescence
is all that's left of them.
 
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