Caridad Moro-Gronlier is the author of Visionware published by Finishing Line Press as part of its New Women's Voices Series. She is the recipient of an Elizabeth George Foundation Grant and a Florida Individual Artist Fellowship in poetry. Her work has appeared in Rhino, The Antioch Review, The Tishman Review, The Cossack Review, Moon City Review, The Damfino Review, The Collapsar, The Notre Dame Review and others. She is an English professor for Miami Dade College. She resides in Miami, FL with her wife and son.
I even forgot the caramel of my lover’s skin, forgot the way back
to my island, forgot myself and pledged my life in service to one
man’s pleasure, donned the white gloves and clutched a clipboard