The Morning of the Last Day of Vacation the cicada bounces on the deck in aneruption of fierce ticking & electric expressionthe crow will not stop circling & cawingthe air is slathered with the scent of manurefarmland is near, ripe the knot of worry in my belly has eyesit’s looking up at me waiting for… Continue reading Poem 239 – The Morning of the Last Day of Vacation
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Poem 229 – Marrow
Marrow Pain passes membranesslyly smilesteeth blackened, daggeredbite through timespit-splatter into lifetimesbeyond bodies Karmic lessons danglelike keys fromsoul locksif I listen I canhear them clang It’s the decipheringthat’s difficultthe surround-soundof trauma is deafening So I look for the mouths nowon pain’s shifting facesstick out my armlet them clamp down When bone breaksI know I have the… Continue reading Poem 229 – Marrow
VANESSA SHIELDS 