Exits Songs | Cathy Porter

Cathy Porter’s poetry has appeared in Plainsongs, California Quarterly, Homestead Review, Hubbub, Clark Street Review, Chaffin Journal, Pennine Ink (UK), and various other journals. She has two chapbooks available from Finishing Line Press: A Life In The Day (2012), and Dust And Angels (2014). Her poem Clocked In was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She serves as a Special Editor for Fine Lines Journal, based in Omaha, NE. Cathy lives with her husband Lenny and their golden retriever Lucky, along with the two cat-dog sidekicks Cody and Mini. She can be contacted at clcon@q.com    PATSYYou would be the first to correctthe inconsistencies regarding your legacy and demise – inflated egosand rumors never sat well with Virginia Hensley.  From Arthur Godfrey to Carnegie Hall, you proved that thewomen could do it every bit as wellas the men, and sometimes better.Charlie had your back - even in the fights that had Nashville tongues rolling at a record pace - you dished it outjust as fast as you