Poem: Pearl

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Pearl

 -By Shannon Laws

 

There’s a pebble in my boot named “That Night”

A callus has formed around it

I’ll never find a pearl in my sock

 

That time

the time I failed

That one time

that night

the night nothing worked

and you died

 

How sorry I am

Both legs limp

You could be 25 today

I could be walking straight

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Shannon Laws

Like my writing? Want to hear me read my poetry? Of course, you do. Please visit https://chickadeeproductions.bandcamp.com/releases and download some today. Only $1.00 a poem! Shannon Laws is a Pacific Northwest poet, voice-over talent, producer, and community coordinator. She is the author of four poetry books, the most recent “Fallen” published by Independent Writer’s Studio Press. Shannon has received two Mayor’s Arts Awards and the Community Champion Award. She makes her home in Bellingham, Washington, USA.

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