Mary Lou Buschi’s second collection, Paddock, is a poetic palindrome. Two lost girls attempt to connect by writing letters to Dear, a mother figure. They also pass the time by telling one another stories that sometimes conjure spirts. Much like Vladimir and Estragon in Waiting for Godot, they wait. Paddock is best read in one gulp, shuttling between Greek tragedy and lyric ellipsis…a poetry of hope, desire, and despair as the girls refuse to let the story end. Girl 2, Maybe the story has just begun. Here, you will find enter into a lyrical, natural world of image, color. Hear a chorus of sisters. Enter the forest and the sea and be changed,