{"id":101432,"date":"2016-08-11T15:43:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T19:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=101432"},"modified":"2016-08-11T15:43:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T19:43:47","slug":"classified-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/11\/classified-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Classified Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/classifieds.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-101435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/classifieds.png\" alt=\"classifieds\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/classifieds.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/classifieds-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/classifieds-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Kate Ellen Braverman\u2019s poem \u201cClassified Ad\u201d appeared in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/back-issues\/64\" target=\"_blank\">Winter 1975 issue<\/a>.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I teach fourth grade<br \/>batik and weave plant hangers<br \/>with seashells bound in the yarns,<br \/>pine cones and stones glassy<br \/>from waves and age.<br \/>I make ceramic vases and cups,<br \/>bake breads, dance and read books.<br \/>Last summer I hiked forty-seven miles<br \/>alone in the High Sierras.<br \/>I do not smoke or take drugs.<br \/>I have lived four years<br \/>in a cottage on a hill.<br \/>My windows face the sky.<br \/>I am responsible.<\/p>\n<p>Painters have shared my bed,<br \/>stockbrokers and psychologists.<br \/>All are strangers,<br \/>sleeping encased in sheet<br \/>strange unreachable mounds<br \/>fearful I will touch their dreams.<br \/>They close doors while they piss<br \/>and decline my shower.<br \/>Breakfast finds them angry<br \/>staring at a black well of coffee<br \/>complaining my cats bit their toes,<br \/>restless, wanting to change<br \/>their underwear. 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