Puccini and the Prowlers Meg Todd / and ashamed

/ and ashamed

if tenderness is something that can also crush you⁠—an intimacy that panics shut

these poems eloquently describe childhood

Candid details couple with artful wordplay: By gesturing toward an individual poetic impetus in her dedications

Twenty-nine-year-old Crystal Constantine is a single parent who cannot see beyond the piles of bills

Puccini and the Prowlers Meg Todd / and ashamedDescription A humorous tale about a hard barking pup who realizes his job is to expose prowlers but can't figure out how to identify them. He accosts the postman, the milkman, innocent visitors, family members sneaking home late at night and generally makes, an unholy nuisance of himself. When a real prowler does come, Puccini decides, he's much too nice to mean any harm. The family decides he's no watchdog, but Puccini at least makes a noise like