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POETRY / J. B. Fletcher and a Worthy Mystery / Amanda Hawk

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J. B. Fletcher rides her bike through Cabot Cove in search of a mystery and finds me. 
It is a beautiful day full of friendly townsfolk sharing a moment together. 
No one sees a thing.  No one hears a thing. 
I enter stage left into the coastal town scene. 

It is a beautiful day full of friendly townsfolk sharing a moment together 
I am the outsider in this storyline, so I am lost before the opening credits stop. 
I enter stage left into the coastal town scene. 
Will J. B. Fletcher be able to help me find my long time absentee self-worth? 

I am the outsider in this storyline so I am lost before the opening credits stop. 
That makes me the victim or the villain. 
Will J. B. Fletcher be able to help me find my long time absentee self-worth? 
Depression and anxiety are henchmen waiting for the call to kidnap or murder my self-respect. 

That makes me the victim or the villain. 
The audience must decide if I am planning to save myself or sabotage my dreams this week. 
Depression and anxiety are henchmen waiting for the call to kidnap or murder my self-respect. 
J. B. Fletcher lets me know I am the smoking gun in this narrative.  

The audience must decide if I am planning to save myself or sabotage my dreams this week. 
No one sees a thing.  No one hears a thing. 
J. B. Fletcher lets me know I am the smoking gun in this narrative. 
J. B. Fletcher rides her bike through Cabot Cove in search of a mystery and finds me. 


Amanda Hawk lives in Seattle between the roaring planes and concrete jungle. She splits her time with her son and friends, and the city’s neon lights. Recently, she has been published in Volney Road Review, The Raven Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and the winnow magazine.