voice | poetry
By Shannon P. Laws
Glazed eyes search for the right word
It runs from you scared of
what you might do to it
A crowbar works at the hinge
Pats of butter melt under the skin
Bowl of round berries feeds flies
While
the smell of an idea
the breath of a book
hide under the bed
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